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…
October 11, 2019
The other day I happened to be in a school working with young people of a wide range of ages, from K all the way to grade 11. One of the things that kept catching my attention was seeing young Read more…
October 4, 2019
Lauren attended a Narcotics Anonymous meeting the night we got home. Eventually I learned she bought heroin at that meeting. Lauren’s pained words still echo in my mind, “…repeating this cycle of saying, ‘I’m going to stop using’ and the very next day, or even hours later, doing that drug.”
September 27, 2019
On July 6, 2017, as I walked beside my daughter for the final time, the strangest thought hit my mind. I stood with her as she entered the world, breach and in crisis. Her doctor had once said, “That’s my Read more…
September 20, 2019
One of the things I often wonder and struggle with is why I should say anything to anyone about addiction and trying to help your loved one. Sadly, my daughter died of a fentanyl and car-fentanyl laced heroin overdose. What Read more…
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