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A Strategy for Staying Healthy

Last week we were all sadly reminded of the frailty of life. A helicopter carrying one of our world’s superstars with some family and friends crashed killing everyone on board. Shortly after in another part of the world another helicopter Read more…


All Together Now

In 2018 for the first time in decades, death from drug overdoses declined by just over 5%. That is the first time that has happened since 1990. While many states showed significant decline some showed a continued increase. Missouri and Read more…


So Much Lost So Much to Gain

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…


Addiction Is An Attempt at Self Repair That Fails

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…


Three Ways to Balance How We Can Help Our Addicted Loved One

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…


A Perfect Opportunity

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…


Help Your Loved One Break the Trap of Addiction

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…


Uphill

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…


You Have to Be Willing to Compete

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…


A New Perspective on an Old Problem

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…