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I wanted to share three (3) quotes from journal entries that clients within an inpatient treatment facility have shared with m. I believe that these entires may be able to provide clues and ideas to carry forward into other aspects… Continue Reading →
When it comes to addictions and substance, there’s a work that I’ve just come to loathe: Comorbidity. This means that, in addition to a substance abuse or process addiction issue, a person also shows signs of depression, anxiety, or some… Continue Reading →
I’ve been tracking down information about the BRENDA substance abuse treatment model over the last few weeks. The questions for which I’ve been seeking answers are: 1) What is the BRENDA treatment model; and, 2) Does it work as well… Continue Reading →
In today’s world, it can seem like everything is going to Hell in a handbasket. News reports of violence and mayhem rule the airwaves; when coupled with social media, bad news travels faster than ever. Plus, providing substance abuse treatment… Continue Reading →
It’s tough to want health for someone we love when he or she isn’t well. We pray and wish and hope that somehow health will overtake sickness in a blink of an eye. And when that sickness is addiction, our… Continue Reading →
I was sitting with a group of people one day when the topic cocaine addiction infiltrated our discussion. Amidst the clinging glasses and harried waitresses running around, my blood began to heat. I listened as those around me discussed a… Continue Reading →
I don’t know why some people end up lost within an addiction while others don’t. Nor can I say with any certainty that a given treatment plan will work. In situations of great complexity, of which addiction is one, there… Continue Reading →
The other morning, while visiting my grandmother’s grave, I lifted a pinecone off of her headstone. I looked at it’s woody cradles and cursed its audacity: It covered the “Que” from the Madrecita Querida inscription and I launched that pinecone… Continue Reading →
Over the years, I’ve weathered a great deal of intense emotional crises with families and friends of people in early recovery. I say “weathered” because, more often than not, the emotions are like waves of hurricane ballast striking me with… Continue Reading →
I think it’s hard to argue that we in some trouble. Hundreds of people each month are succumbing to drug and alcohol addiction. Needless deaths. I write this column in hopes that someone reads it and guides either himself or… Continue Reading →
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