Help for Families | Secondhand Drinking | Codependency
Addiction in Family Owned Businesses
Addiction in family owned businesses can wreck havoc far and wide, affecting employees, other family members, vendors, customers, advisory professionals and of course, the financial health of the business, itself. Today’s guest post by internationally recognized family business expert, Don Schwerzler, covers this topic. Don has been studying and advising family business entrepreneurs for more…
Read MoreNutrition and Addiction Recovery
Nutrition and long-term addiction recovery go hand-in-hand. Why? Because nutrition and brain health go hand-in-hand. The brain needs two “things” to function properly – glucose (blood sugar) and oxygen. It gets its glucose from the foods we eat. Unfortunately (or fortunately) it cannot store glucose, so it needs a steady supply and the best supply comes…
Read MoreJust for Today – Step Away From the FEAR
FEAR. Gripping, crippling, crushing FEAR. “What if he doesn’t….” “What if she does….” “How can I….” “Maybe if I….” “I should have….” “I’ll never…” “If he doesn’t….” These are the phrases that come tumbling out when loved ones of people who struggle with the brain disease of alcoholism or drug addiction call me. I can…
Read MoreTwo Books to Help Explain Alcoholism to Children – Daddy’s Disease | Mommy’s Disease
Children are often hurt the most by a parent’s alcoholism because they do not have any basis for understanding what is happening. Psychotherapist and author, Carolyn Hannan, has written two books, Daddy’s Disease and Mommy’s Disease, to help caring adults and parents explain alcoholism to children. I was thrilled to learn of her work and her…
Read MoreBusiness Costs of Employee Off-Hours Drinking | Secondhand Drinking
Absenteeism, lost productivity, safety risks, health care costs, employee wellness – these are but a few of the business costs of employee off-hours drinking and secondhand drinking (SHD), that latter of which directly affects some 90 million Americans. And by “drinking,” I’m referring to the kind of drinking that results in drinking behaviors, such as…
Read MoreAlcohol, Brain Development & the College Campus | Military Sexual Assault Connection
Sexual assault on college campuses and in the military has been front and center, again, recently. In this post I share how incorporating 21st century brain development research, coupled with the implications of alcohol misuse ages 12-25, can enhance education and prevention efforts and reduce sexual assaults on college campuses and in the military. By…
Read MoreDarlene Lancer on Obsession and Love Addictions
Darlene Lancer, author of Codependency for Dummies, shares her thoughts on obsession and love addictions in her following guest post… Just as an addict obsesses on his drug of choice, as codependents, we obsess on the addict. Obsessions, although painful, can keep us in denial of even more painful feelings and fears. Thus, it can…
Read MoreJoin the Addiction Recovery Movement
Change happens. Sometimes it’s rapid. Sometimes it’s so slow you wonder if it’s ever going to really change. One such “is it ever going to really change” movements is the Women’s Rights Movement. In my “before,” I studied the Women’s Rights Movement and wrote two biographies, one on Elizabeth Cady Stanton and one on Susan…
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