September 11, 2020
Today’s title is an important question. There are many answers to it, most of which are true, they also can be helpful for us in discovering how we can understand, and help our loved one. I would like to talk Read more…
August 28, 2020
I remember when I was a small child in the 60’s a toy was introduced called “Slip’ n Slide”. You can see by the image to the right that it was a lot of fun. I loved it, when we Read more…
August 21, 2020
The American Medical Association recently said: “The AMA is greatly concerned by an increasing number of reports from national, state and local media suggesting increases in opioid-related mortality—particularly from illicitly manufactured fentanyl and fentanyl analogs. More than 40 states have Read more…
August 14, 2020
The featured image this week is from my favorite photographer, Brooke Shaden. I find her work thought provoking, challenging and often inspiring. Her work also helps me process the greatest challenge I have, and hope I ever will, face, the Read more…
July 31, 2020
I received a few very encouraging notes this week from different people. I was grateful, they arrived at just the right moment. One of them highlighted a truth regarding the philosophy of We Chose Love. It is not easily received Read more…
July 24, 2020
“The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety. It’s connection. It’s all I can offer. It’s all that will help him in the end. If you are alone, you cannot escape addiction. If you are loved, you have a chance. For a Read more…
July 10, 2020
This past weekend I heard three heartbreaking stories of three people I do not know. Two of them reached notable accomplishments in the world of social media on a platform called “twitch”. Twitch is a social media platform that gained Read more…
July 3, 2020
This weekend marks several important events in my life and in the country in which I live, the United States of America. Tomorrow marks our Day of Independence, a very important day in the history of our country. John Adams Read more…
June 12, 2020
This week I had three conversations with families who are facing the struggle of someone caught up in or heading toward addiction. The stories in some ways are similar, but they’re not, they are not because they are stories of Read more…
June 5, 2020
At the end of today’s post I list several books on addiction and mental health. Some of these books have titles that speak deeply into what drives addiction and what it feels like. One of the most meaningful concepts emerging Read more…
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