by: Marilyn L. Davis Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner? Trigger Alert “This is the moment I realize that our traumas never really go away. They live inside of us, in the deepest darkest pits of our own tiny hells. Cocked and loaded, waiting for someone to come along and pull the trigger.”―…
I Gave Up Drugs, Why Can’t I Function?
I got into recovery and wasn’t functioning well, because I did not realize how much damage I had done to my body and brain.
Ben Rose looks at life and remembers that life wasn’t always one extreme or the other, even in his addiction.
By Jim Savage, LCDC Family Challenges in Treatment I’ve worked in the addiction field for over 30 years. One of the most significant periods was from 2000-2010, when I owned an adolescent outpatient treatment program. During that time, I got a good education about what works and what doesn’t in addiction treatment,…
By: Marilyn L. Davis ____ Isolated Incidents or a Pattern of Behaviors? “If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead, we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discerned whether there are any patterns to our mistakes.” Robert Greene When…