September 6, 2019
I live in a small, rural community of just about 10,000 people. In 2016 our town hit the radar in the ongoing Opioid Crisis in America. Oxford, CT became the number 1 per capita death by overdose town in Connecticut Read more…
August 23, 2019
It happened again. I stood at the front of a strange room designed to be comforting but never quite hitting the mark. For some reason these rooms always feel old and out of style. People are huddled in tiny pockets Read more…
August 16, 2019
“What If” is a question that gets asked a lot in life, even more so when a loved one is lost unexpectedly. What if Lauren had never made the choice to try heroin, or any drug for that matter? What Read more…
July 19, 2019
I had two very interesting conversations this week with two unrelated people and situations. One regarded a failure in the medical treatment system that caused a great deal of pain in people’s lives. The other related to the various styles Read more…
June 28, 2019
Wrapping up our several weeks look at many of the various treatments available for individuals who are fighting addiction I wanted to close with what I consider to be the most influential and effective. What it is will surprise many, Read more…
June 21, 2019
Last week we talked about many of the common approaches to addiction in the post “Starving for Knowledge“. Today I want to talk about a lessor known treatment that is in response to the wave of information we are discovering Read more…
June 14, 2019
When someone we love or we ourselves are caught up in addiction “starving” is an applicable word. We are starving for time, because we or someone we love is living a very risking and dangerous life. We are starving for Read more…
June 7, 2019
I am certain one of the answers parents I meet want me to give them is “How can I prevent this happening to my child.” It’s an important question, and while I don’t have a simple answer I am beginning Read more…
May 31, 2019
With graduation season upon us my mind is flooded with memories of when Evan and Lauren graduated high school. I am not sure why it stands out to me this year. As I think back to 2013 I remember it Read more…
May 17, 2019
The other day I saw an ad on TV, it was from www.drugfree.org . The ad was promoting the idea that every family needs to decide which approach they will use to help a loved one facing addiction. Without exception Read more…
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