November 22, 2014

Grief Reactions and Addiction Recovery

People have a hard time believing that for those people in recovery this is a lot to grieve.  An activity (drinking, sex, drug use, shopping, gambling) […]
November 15, 2014

3 Little Words

Communication is one of the “BIG 3” issues with which people struggle.  Knowing that, it is important to be extra careful in how one uses words.  […]
November 7, 2014

Turn A Phrase

There are so many phrases we commonly use without any knowledge of their origins and the meanings or symbolism behind each.  Here are just a few […]
November 1, 2014

Procrastination: Alcohol, Drugs and You

Procrastination is the practice of carrying out less urgent tasks in preference to more urgent ones, or doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable […]
October 24, 2014

Fear of Failure

Fear of failure is one of the greatest fears that people have.  Failure is related to criticism and rejection for most people.  Fear incapacitates unsuccessful people […]
October 17, 2014

Change Change Change

Making changes in our life is one of the more difficult things we ever do it seems.  Many people detest change yet accept the fact that […]
October 13, 2014

Stigma and Addiction

A recent poll by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health reported that of the more than 700 people surveyed for the poll, 64% believed that […]
October 2, 2014

A Little Lightness

A client with addiction issues used her craft work to keep herself occupied in an attempt to avoid using her drug of choice.  She was gracious […]
September 26, 2014

Perfect Stranger Myth

We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger.   Long ago Joan Baez sang, “You go running off in search of the perfect stranger…”  […]