Addiction and Employers

Feb 6, 2019

Addiction and Employers We all know that drug and alcohol addiction has reached epidemic proportions. The financial and emotional costs to families and loved ones is enormous. In addition, the cost to employers is escalating because of the epidemic’s impact on the...

Getting Well – Multiple Pathways to Recovery

Feb 4, 2019

Getting Well – Multiple Pathways to Recovery The opioid epidemic has caused intense debate and media scrutiny around the topic of drug and alcohol addiction, not all of it positive. Many still question whether addiction is a disease.Having been in recovery and...

Opioid Epidemic – A State of Emergency

Feb 1, 2019

Opioid Epidemic – A State of Emergency Some time ago, the federal government declared the Opioid Epidemic a National State of Emergency. But a strong plan to accompany this declaration has not emerged that we are aware of. While awaiting this plan, approximately 150...

Breaking the Substance Abuse Cycle

Jan 22, 2019

Breaking the Substance Abuse Cycle Nothing is easy about substance abuse. It is difficult to endure, to discuss, and perhaps most of all, to resolve. Addiction recovery can be an extremely challenging process, in large part due to the cyclical nature of drug and...

Chasing Illusions

Jan 15, 2019

Chasing Illusions Addiction did not fully hit until my early 40’s. My alcoholic brain kept telling me that I was too good to be addicted to anything. But deep down, I knew I was and had known since I was 21 or 22 years old.Addiction was for lesser people. Not the...