Chasing Dragons For someone in the grips of drug and alcohol addiction, the compulsion to use is fierce. With some substances such as crack, many refer to chasing the high as “chasing the dragon.”Alcohol was my substance of no choice. Having worked with hundreds of...
Addiction is Not a Choice It amazes me how little understanding there is around addiction. Mountains of evidence show that drug and alcohol addiction is a chronic brain disease as well as a progressive disease. Over time and without effective treatment, the disease...
Addiction Recovery – Multiple Pathways? There is lots of controversy today surrounding drug and alcohol addiction. For example, the opioid epidemic has caused intense media scrutiny on addiction, not all of it positive. Amazingly, many still debate whether addiction...