Help for Families | Secondhand Drinking | Codependency
Landmark 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…
Read MoreSecondhand Drinking – Secondhand Smoking – a Powerful Connection for Change
Secondhand Drinking – Secondhand Smoking – a powerful connection for change. But How? Why? Having coined the term “Secondhand Drinking” in 2009, I was thrilled to see today’s news covering a new study on alcohol’s secondhand harms to others published online June 30, 2019, in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (click here…
Read MoreDrinking Behaviors – An Example of Workplace Bullying
Drinking behaviors – an example of workplace bullying – seriously? Yes, seriously. In some cases, the cause of workplace bullying can be a coworker’s drinking behaviors – the kinds of behaviors a person exhibits when they’ve had too much to drink. But first, some background. Most people are acutely aware that bullying is a serious…
Read MoreMeeting Your Needs Is the Key to Happiness – Guest Author Darlene Lancer
Meeting your needs is the key to happiness if you’ve been in a relationship with someone whose behaviors change when they abuse or are dependent on alcohol or other drugs explains guest author, Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT. Darlene is the author of Codependency for Dummies and Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You, and her latest…
Read MoreWorkplace Impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Workplace impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is an important concept for businesses to understand. Why? Let me answer this question by first explaining a bit about… Adverse Childhood Experiences and the CDC-Kaiser ACE Study Adverse childhood experiences are traumatic or stressful events occurring in a person’s life before age 18. They were identified in…
Read MoreBuilding Resilience Through Understanding Substance Use Disorders and Their Impacts on Others
Building Resilience Through Understanding Substance Use Disorders and Their Impacts on Others was the topic of a 3.5 hour presentation I delivered to three different organizations this spring; these organizations were also the program sponsors: San Joaquin County Office of Education and the San Joaquin County Children’s Services Coordinating Commission (Stockton, CA, March 5, 2019)…
Read MoreHow to Leave an Addict or Abuser | Guest Author Darlene Lancer
How to leave an addict or abuser? Todays’ guest author, Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT, explains why it’s hard to do and offers 10 suggestions for how to leave. 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…
Read MoreOh my grief by MaryBeth Cichocki
“Now he is gone, and I’m told I have to accept and go on. How does a mother learn to accept the death of her youngest child? There are no magic pills that will make my shattered heart whole again,” wrote MaryBeth Cichocki in her 2015 post, Coping With a Son’s Death by Drug Overdose.…
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