Depression can be overwhelming and suggesting to a person who is clinically depressed that they need to get out of bed and do something is, well…, insane. It cannot work because depression (major depression) is a brain disease. By its simplest definition, a disease is something that changes cells in a negative way. Depression changes… Continue Reading
Help Shatter the Shame of Addiction | Share the Facts
It’s time. We must band together to Shatter the Shame of Addiction, and here’s why… It is estimated that over 23 million Americans struggle with addiction, yet fewer than 10 percent are getting treatment. By comparison, cancer prevalence for all types of cancers [which is the term used by the American Cancer Society to define… Continue Reading
Face of Recovery | Steven Martin
Today’s Face of Recovery – please meet Steven Martin! There is a great deal of confusion, stigma, shame and discrimination surrounding addiction, addiction treatment and addiction recovery. Yet those who have the disease of addiction (whether to illegal or prescription drugs or alcohol) and are in recovery live healthy, productive, engaged lives — the same… Continue Reading
Using Hypnotherapy to Change Drinking Patterns
Using hypnotherapy to change drinking patterns is not usually one of the first options a person considers. But there is no one-size-fits all when it comes to changing alcohol abuse patterns or treating | recovering from alcoholism. So how can hypnotherapy help with a drinking problem? To answer this question, please find this guest post… Continue Reading
Give Their Brain a Break | Underage Drinking Prevention
This year, I’ll be focusing on Underage Drinking Prevention in celebration of SAMHSA’s National Prevention Week 2013 – “Your voice. Your choice. Make a Difference.” SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) is the sponsoring organization for this national celebration and, as usual, has created an arsenal of resources and toolkit materials for each… Continue Reading
Understanding Your Mind, Mood and Hormone Cycle | Interview with Leslie Carol Botha, WHE
Understanding Your Mind, Mood and Hormone Cycle and how it interacts with drugs and alcohol is the subject of my interview with Internationally Recognized Expert on Hormones and Behavior and author, Leslie Carol Botha, WHE. Leslie is also the publisher of the Holy Hormones Journal and host of the Holy Hormones Honey Radio Program, on… Continue Reading
Shatter the Shame of Addiction
I saw it again last night as I faced an audience of drug addicts and alcoholics in treatment and their family members, all of whom were present to hear my lecture. I saw the crushing emotional pain that surrounds this family disease on their faces, in their body language, in the way they did or… Continue Reading
Mothers Who Love an Addict | Alcoholic
Mothers who love an addict | alcoholic have it doubly hard in my opinion. We not only try to help the person with the drinking | drug abuse problem and/or addiction, we try to keep our non-drinking | non-drug abusing children safe in all manner of ways. We don’t want them to know what’s really… Continue Reading