For the past three weeks we have looked at three categories one of which every person falls into relating to addiction. Those three categories are: Addiction isn’t an issue for me so how can I support those I love and Read more…

One of the hardest questions for me to answer is why I did not see signs that would have indicated the battle my daughter was facing with addiction to heroin sooner. I wish I had a simple answer, but I Read more…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…