Addiction | Substance Use Disorders | Treatment
My Addicted Child – Author Larry Fritzlan
For the last twenty years, today’s guest, author Larry Fritzlan, has witnessed the transformative power of individuals and families in recovery. His passion is to help teens and young adults escape from the downward spiral of addiction, stemming in large part from his work as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and his belief…
Read MoreHow Prescription Pain Meds Can Destroy Lives – SLLiP Film
Wow… after watching the trailer (below) for SLLiP (Pills spelled backwards), I immediately wanted to watch the full 25-minute film. And I was not disappointed. It’s powerful, accurate, thought-provoking and enlightening. It’s outstanding because it captures addiction for what it is – a developmental, chronic, often relapsing brain disease; it captures what can happen when prescription…
Read MoreDiagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) | Guest Author Lee Harvey-Heath
It is one thing to talk about the facts of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), which refers to a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother consumes alcohol during her pregnancy. But it’s quite another to actually hear from a person who has it. Today’s guest author, Lee Harvey-Heath, has courageously…
Read MoreThe Ways Addicts Can Act Like Narcissists – Guest Author Darlene Lancer
Frequent guest author, Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT, explores the ways addicts can act like narcissists in her post, today. Darlene is the author of Codependency for Dummies and Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You, and her latest eBook is titled, Dealing with a Narcissist, 8 Steps to Raise Self-Esteem and Set Boundaries with Difficult…
Read MoreAddiction – Whose Fault Is It?
In families with untreated addiction where no one really knows what “it” is they are dealing with — is it a character defect, a moral weakness, a lack of love and respect or is it really a brain disease, like “they” say it is — all concerned spend endless hours blaming and shaming and slicing…
Read MoreRecovery Can Be a Gift
Addiction affects an entire family and so does recovery. I first ‘met’ John McMahon, PhD, who lives in the UK, when he replied to my blog post, “After Years of Sobriety, She/He Won’t Forgive or Forget,” recently. We exchanged a few emails, and I learned that he and his wife, Lou, a counselor, founded the website,…
Read MoreSaving Jake | Interview with Author D’Anne Burwell
D’Anne Burwell’s smart, athletic son—raised in a loving and prosperous home—begins abusing OxyContin as a teenager, and within a year drops out of college, walks out of rehab, and lands homeless on the streets of Boulder. Struggling with fear, guilt, and a desperate need to protect her son, D’Anne grapples with her husband’s anger and…
Read MoreRecovery Today Online Conference – September 21-25
Join me at the Recovery Today Online Conference September 21 – 25, hosted by the incredible Sherry Gaba, LCSW, Psychotherapist, Certified Recovery and Transformation Coach. Sherry has worked in the field of addiction and recovery for the past decade and is VH1’s Celebrity Rehab Expert and a media expert on CNN, HLN, Inside Edition, Showbiz Tonight, Inside Edition…
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