Inside the Brain of Your Addicted Loved One

Last week we talked about many of the common approaches to addiction in the post “Starving for Knowledge“. Today I want to talk about a lessor known treatment that is in response to the wave of information we are discovering Read more…


Starving for Knowledge

When someone we love or we ourselves are caught up in addiction “starving” is an applicable word. We are starving for time, because we or someone we love is living a very risking and dangerous life. We are starving for Read more…


If Anything Could Work This Might

I am certain one of the answers parents I meet want me to give them is “How can I prevent this happening to my child.” It’s an important question, and while I don’t have a simple answer I am beginning Read more…


Running from Pain

With graduation season upon us my mind is flooded with memories of when Evan and Lauren graduated high school. I am not sure why it stands out to me this year. As I think back to 2013 I remember it Read more…


Conversations

I can remember lots of conversations I had with Lauren during her life. All of them are special now, even the hard ones. No one enjoys those when they need to take place, but we know they matter. One in Read more…


A Way I Can Help My Loved One

The other day I saw an ad on TV, it was from www.drugfree.org . The ad was promoting the idea that every family needs to decide which approach they will use to help a loved one facing addiction. Without exception Read more…


The Gift of Time

This week my wife Nereida is sharing thoughts on our story from the very different and unique perspective of a mom. I have been trying to figure out what to write about for this week’s We Chose Love Blog. Should Read more…


Second Chance

One of the worst days we experienced while trying to help Lauren as she struggled with mental health issues and eventually addiction was the day we learned that LaLa was addicted to heroin. That day started like any other Sunday Read more…


See Me

There is no other picture of Lauren and I that invokes more memories and emotion for me than the one at the right. It was taken in the nursery of our church on a Sunday night. I love it because Read more…


Complicated

Since my daughter passed away, I appreciate seeing little children with their moms and dads. I see their eyes filled with hope, their minds eager to discover and learn, and realize so much wonder lies ahead for them in life. Read more…