3 Simple Keys to be Resilient
Everyone knows someone who’s been through a unimaginable experience, yet somehow manages to keep smiling. People like that usually come...
AL-ANON: The Oxygen Mask Goes on You First!
Most of us have traveled enough on airplanes to be able to recite the safety instructions. You know " should the airplane cabin lose...
12 Rules for Being Human
1. You will receive a body – you may like it, or you may hate it. Regardless, it will be yours for your entire life. 2. You will learn...
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
About a year and half ago I was at a dinner party and the couple across the table were updating the gathering about friends from days...
Do I Have to Hit Bottom?
Working in treatment many people ask me if they can avoid losing everything before they get clean. My response is simple: I lost more...
Do I Need a Sponsor?
I’ve come to believe that going to meetings, getting a sponsor and working through the 12 steps is the most important part of recovery...
5 Things to Expect in Treatment
Going to rehab is anything but predictable. It’s scary, frustrating and confusing! I still remember my first day of treatment so clearly,...
Co-dependency Anyone?
Co-dependent relationships are unhealthy and usually destructive. As a co-dependent, you can end up sacrificing your own self while...
Fear and Loathing Through Benzos
As active addicts, one of the worst things we do to harm ourselves is we take benzos without regard to long-term effects. The garden...
Intervention
A major issue of alcoholism, drug addiction and other compulsive disorders is the outright denial of the problem by the afflicted. Facts...
