Category: We Hope This Helps

Is it possible to help someone who doesn’t want help? That is a very commonly asked question. The answer is yes it is possible to help someone fighting addiction even when they may not want help. The problem is we Read more…

Since I was eighteen, I have had a passion for photography. These days I do not do as much photography I as did when I operated my own photography studio. From time to time I still photograph grade school children Read more…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…