How do I explain to the Kids about my Spouse Getting Help for Addiction?
How do I explain to the Kids about my Spouse Getting Help for Addiction? One of the most difficult aspects of drinking issues or a drug problem is how to explain to your children why your spouse left...
View Article5 Costs In Addition to Drug Treatment that Can Arise from Drug and Alcohol...
When calculating the costs of addiction many people only think of the rising costs of treatment and that is understandable. More than $36 Billion is spent annually on addiction treatment in the United...
View ArticleA Parent’s Guide to Loving a Drug Addicted Child
In 2014, just as the air was getting cooler and the world was painted white, a dear friend lost her nephew to a drug overdose. It was a tragedy for the family and their small community, but what...
View ArticleKeeping the Holidays Happy with a Heavy Substance User in the Family
The holidays are here again and you realize that for your family not much has changed over the past few years. Last year you had a get together a couple weeks before Christmas, and you were so happy...
View Article7 Compelling Reasons Not to Send Your Adolescent to Drug Rehab
Your son got caught at school with pot. Your daughter came home last weekend completely wasted. You just learned your son has been using his friend’s Adderall. Your daughter stole your pain medications...
View ArticleParents – Don’t be Afraid of Moderation
Let’s be straight here, when it comes to addiction, the idea of being able to moderate substance use downright scares people, especially those in treatment circles and families who have been exposed to...
View ArticleAddiction is NOT a Family Disease!
I went to my first AA meeting at 10 years old. You’re probably wondering why a 10 year old would need to go to an AA meeting. The truth is they don’t, ever. Support group meetings for addiction are no...
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Can “Addicts” and “Alcoholics” Solve Their Addiction at Home?
Over the past 84 years (since the founding of the first 12 step cult, Alcoholics Anonymous), people who struggle with addictions have been told they must attend a rehab, or at the very least they must...
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Dear Worried Mom: There’s Always Hope For Your Addicted Child
Dear Worried Mom, Let me start this letter by saying I know how scared you are. I know how confused you are. I’m a parent of 3, and at one time I was a very troubled teen who was emotionally lost,...
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Non 12 Step- What Is It?
Non 12 Step – What Does this Mean? 30 years ago, I had just matriculated out of a long term intensive outpatient program that I was mandated to attend as a result of a DUI I had gotten 18 months...
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