A METAPHOR FOR THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
The Journey is a rock musical I initially wrote to simply tell a story about addiction and recovery. But over the years it's evolved into an entire...
What does it mean when we say that someone's drug or alcohol use is a ... "problem?"
The first step towards successful substance use intervention is getting clear about what it...
The other day I listened to a client talk about her experience of checking her husband into rehab:
"They said they would call. And I went home and waited. A week went by, nothing. I had no idea...
Happy New Year!
I thought I'd start the New Year out with something sort of fun...
Now, I know some of you aren't even old enough to remember Monty Python. But for those of you who do, you'll...
I've worked in the addiction treatment industry for a long time—like over 30 years.
But I've actually been AROUND the treatment industry longer than I've been a professional in...
"What's this got to do with drug use?"
I get a lot of mileage out of the short video above in my work with substance use disorder clients.
I simply ask them to watch it, and then tell...
There's no denying that substance abuse treatment “success rates” can be alarmingly poor. It is an all-too-common scenario to see a client go through residential treatment for a month...
I had an experience yesterday that really got me thinking.
About drug treatment.
And what it’s like for families who have a loved one in treatment.
More specifically, about how challenging...
"Rehab doesn't work."
"I don't trust those rehabs. They're only in it for the money."
In my line of work I frequently find myself in the position of suggesting to a family that it might be time...
I ran an adolescent outpatient substance treatment program for many years.
One night I was standing in my office with some parents. We had just finished a graduation group where their daughter had...
Last week I presented a webinar for The Greenhouse Holistic Healing CEU Series, a monthly training hosted by The Greenhouse, a leading substance use treatment facility here in Dallas, Texas.
...The video above includes two of the shortest—but perhaps most effective—lectures you'll find on how addiction impacts the family system:
- The 8-Second Lecture on Chemical Dependency
- The...