Tag Substance dependence
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 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 →
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 →
I believe that it is now becoming common knowledge that Addiction is a treatable disease that follows a predictable progression. That progression, if untreated, will be terminal. Though there may be some pockets of people who disagree with the disease… Continue Reading →
In classes I teach, one of my favorite ways to start is to tell the class about a frog sitting on a lily pad that decided to jump to another lily pad one day. They look at me, usually, like… Continue Reading →
I don’t think it’s ever too late to try to get clean and live a sober life. But, I do acknowledge that the longer an addiction progresses, the harder it can be get clean. Plus, once someone does get clean,… Continue Reading →
One of the many things that bugs me about relapse prevention is that, when it comes to addiction, using is the norm and not using is the lapse. It’s normal to use and not using is the difficulty within a… Continue Reading →
To me, addiction is layered, complex, and difficult to understand. Those layers and difficulties provide obstacles to treating those afflicted with the disease. Plus, in looking at family and friends within the addict’s circle, the challenges grow exponentially. However, in… Continue Reading →
The best villain in the comic book world, to me, is Two Face. He was once a kind and heroic District Attorney, but after being doused with acid on half of his face, he turned into one of the most… Continue Reading →
I hate goatheads. Especially when they prick me late at night when I get my cereal snack barefoot. But, even though they bug the crap out of me, they do remind me that God isn’t some wish-granting genie in a… Continue Reading →
