by Lisa Frederiksen Sometimes people seeking recovery or wanting something long-term to help maintain recovery are not as comfortable with a 12-step program as others. I wanted to share some information on one non-12 step recovery program to give you a sense of how it works. I have also included a link to information on… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Treat Your Brain Well – Help With Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and SHDD Recovery
by Lisa Frederiksen Understanding alcoholism or drug addiction as brain diseases and that substance abuse (of drugs or alcohol) causes chemical and structural changes in the brain is one thing. Understanding what it means to “treat your brain well” and the role that doing so can play in helping with alcoholism, drug addiction and SHDD… Continue Reading
SAMHSA Resources to Celebrate April, National Alcohol Awareness Month
by Lisa Frederiksen April is National Alcohol Awareness Month. SAMHSA – sponsor of this annual celebration – provides a wide-variety of materials that can be used to enhance your organization’s efforts. They are grouped by category and listed and linked below — thank you SAMHSA! You may place your order online or by telephone at 1-877-SAMHSA-7… Continue Reading
Interview Re: Substance Misuse and Secondhand Drinking | Drugging (SHDD)
Secondhand Drinking | Drugging (SHDD) – the impacts on others of a person’s drinking and/or drug use behaviors – is caused by substance misuse. I wanted to share an interview that I did with Denise Krochta, host at Web Talk Radio Show, Addicted to Addicts: Survival 101, and author of the book, Sweat: a Practical… Continue Reading
Children on RX Drugs Become Adults with Drug Addictions
The following is a guest post by Leslie Botha, Marketing Director for Courage to Change Addiction Recovery Ranches, in which she uses excerpts from two of the Ranch’s client histories to illustrate her point that “[n]ow we have a first generation prescribed drugs from early developmental years now in recovery as adults with addictions.” Teach… Continue Reading
Preventing Suicide Among People Who Abuse Alcohol or Drugs
by Lisa Frederiksen The following is a shout-out for SAMHSA’s new Suicide Prevention Training Video for Substance Abuse Treatment Providers. While this 75-minute video is for substance abuse treatment providers, it can also be an important resource for family members and friends who have a loved one with a substance abuse problem who is expressing… Continue Reading
ADD-care™ – A Natural Alternative!
The following is a guest post by Jef Gazley, LMFT, LISAC, a psychotherapist with over 35 years of clinical experience and a specialty in ADD; a member of the online counseling team at Ask the Internet Therapist.com; and the developer of ADD-care®, “a Natural Treatment for ADD- and ADHD-like Symptoms,” http://www.add-care.com/. Attention Deficit Disorder is… Continue Reading
The Effectiveness of Teaching Your Teen to Drink
Teaching your teen to drink – what does that mean? can it be successful? Often parents talk about the reasons for letting their teens drink at home. One reason that regularly comes up often is the desire to “teach” their teen to drink so that when their teen is presented with an opportunity to drink… Continue Reading