January 4, 2020
This Christmas I received a wonderful gift from my wife. It was digitized versions of all the tapes we had since before our children were born. The majority of these were when our children Lauren and Evan were under the Read more…
December 20, 2019
The other day I was reading, and a statement in the book arrested my attention. It was in the story of a young woman named Celia. Celia lived in at the epicenter of the extremes of addiction. The kind of Read more…
December 14, 2019
Several weeks back I had the opportunity to speak with middle schoolers and high schoolers in an area school. It was one of the best events of this type I had ever been to. It was extremely well organized, and Read more…
December 5, 2019
Evidence is showing more and more that family and important relationships can have a huge impact on our loved one’s addiction. This is something I wish we had understood more as we were trying to help our daughter overcome her Read more…
November 23, 2019
This week I had the chance to speak at a H.E.A.T. (Heroin Education Action Team) event here in Connecticut. H.E.A.T. is a program hosted at area schools through the United States Attorney’s Office to reduce the growing effect of the Read more…
November 16, 2019
One of the overwhelming ailments in our world is anxiety in its many variants. Below are a few powerful facts about how anxiety affects the lives of many of the people we love: Anxiety disorders are the most common mental Read more…
November 8, 2019
I have many special memories of my daughter Lauren. We were fortunate to do lots of things together as a family. We also made it a point to spend time with each of our kids separately. One that holds a Read more…
November 1, 2019
Last weekend I attended a training for clinicians in an approach called “The invitation to Change Approach” click the link to visit an interesting page about the approach for the families and friends of addicted loved ones. It was an Read more…
October 25, 2019
Friends and Family make a difference. This is not an idle statement or empty promise, they are words filled with power to help people we love. Like many things in life, in the field of mental health and addiction, change Read more…
October 18, 2019
This weeks featured image is called “Ripples”. It is a self-portrait by artist Brooke Shaden. On her Instagram post about the image she extols the potential of everyone: every artist, every creative, every person to leave ripples on in the Read more…
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