The Link Between Sexual Trauma and Addiction
The link between sexual trauma and addiction can be significant. As I wrote in my article, “Treating ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Helps With Addiction Recovery,” Treating ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences, which are extremely stressful or traumatic events occurring before the age of 18, can go a long, long way to helping a person with addiction…
Read MoreUnderage Drinking Prevention
Underage drinking prevention is one of the most important things we can do as parents, caregivers, educators, and the community at large. Why? Because drinking (and other drug use) problems often begin in adolescence. According to The National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Studies show that the earlier an individual starts smoking, drinking or using other…
Read MoreWhat Can You Do if Your Loved One Drinks and Drives
What can you do if your loved one drinks and drives? This is one of the questions I often receive from readers and attendees at my presentations and is being answered by today’s guest author, Robert Hamparyan. Quoting from Robert’s bio, Robert Hamparyan is one of California’s most accomplished personal injury lawyers. After receiving his…
Read More10th Anniversary Edition “If You Loved Me, You’d Stop!” Now Available to Order
As you can imagine, I’m THRILLED to share the pre-sale link to my newly published “10th Anniversary Edition If You Loved Me, You’d Stop!” Click for Amazon’s pre-sale link: 10th Anniversary Edition If You Loved Me, You’d Stop! Research Highlights Shared in the 10th Anniversary Edition If You Loved Me, You’d Stop! why alcoholism is…
Read MoreNational Recovery Month – Resources to Help Your Employees Anonymously Find Treatment
September is National Recovery Month. It is sponsored by SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency) “to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover.” Celebrating National Recovery Month – Sharing Resources to Help Employees Anonymously Find Treatment for an Alcohol Use Disorder Employees view information…
Read MoreSecondhand Drinking – Why We Must Prevent It
Secondhand Drinking has been in the news a lot lately. Below you’ll find a sampling of this news coverage: CNN The secondhand harms of drinking impact 1 in 5 adults, study says (CNN) About one-fifth of adults in the United States have experienced some form of harm due to someone else’s behavior while drinking. Science…
Read MoreHealing Emotional Trauma to Help Treat Addiction
Healing emotional trauma can be a key component to successfully treating one’s addiction to alcohol or other drugs. The reason this is true is that so often a person finds alcohol or other drugs soothes the symptoms of their emotional trauma. In time, the brain maps the alcohol or other drug use as the answer,…
Read MoreLandmark Congressional Hearing on Childhood Trauma
What a landmark Congressional Hearing on Childhood Trauma last Thursday! I imagine Doctors Vincent Felitti and Robert Anda, co-principals of what is now known as the CDC-Kaiser ACE Study, were heartened and deeply moved by that July 11, 2019 House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on childhood trauma. Twenty-one years after their study findings were…
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