Mindfulness to heal the brain? As you’ve likely read if you follow my blog or have read my latest book, Loved One In Treatment? Now What, mindfulness is one of the 4 things you can do, NOW, to heal your brain. The other 3, by the way, are nutritional eating, exercise and sleep. Practicing these four things can… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: May 2011
A Mother’s Love – a Son’s Alcoholism
A Mother’s love in the face of a Son’s Alcoholism. The following is a letter a mother wrote to her son and shared with me to put on this blog in the event it may help other parents. It is beautifully written and shares the pain-filled decision she’s had to make. Names have been replaced… Continue Reading
Clearing the Mind Chatter
by Lisa Frederiksen One of the most freeing aspects of this journey of mine has been to clear my mind of the chatter that was unrelenting for so many years — the incessant barrage of “what if _______ ,” “she better _____,” “why doesn’t __________,” “if only ___________,” “when ___________ happens, then I’ll __________,” “I should… Continue Reading
Happiness in Recovery
The following is a guest post by Joel Christiansen, author and president of Joel Christiansen Speaking Services. Happiness is not found in the abyss of an addiction. However, it can be found in recovery. It can be argued that addiction is a choice. It can’t be argued that recovery is a choice. Recovery and happiness are an… Continue Reading
Helping an Alcoholic | Take an Alcoholic’s [or Drug Addict's] Word For It…
Helping an alcoholic… People often ask me, “How do you get them [alcoholic or drug addict] to stop?” In this post, I’d like to answer to that question of what you, a family member or friend, can do when helping an alcoholic stop or seek treatment. I’ll do this by the following anonymous “Open Letter… Continue Reading
Substance Misuse Can Unravel a Family Business
Substance misuse can unravel a family business and who better to explain how and why than Don Schwerzler, internationally recognized expert in family business dynamics and founder of the Family Business Institute. How Substance Misuse Can Unravel a Family Business by Don Schwerzler A drug addict or an alcoholic or someone who abuses alcohol or… Continue Reading
Mistakes – It’s What You Do After You’ve Made One
Mistakes – we all make them – it’s what we do after we’ve made one that counts. I will never forget and will be forever grateful for the way my daughter’s school vice-principal (VP) handled my daughter’s suspension for drinking at the school dance, nor will I ever forget and will be forever proud of… Continue Reading
Energy Drinks + Alcohol = ???
The following is a guest post by Bill White, a licensed counselor and the founder and producer of chipur, a website and blog to help those with emotional and mental health disorders, as well as family members, significant others, friends, health care professionals, and students in their quest for understanding and empathy. Join the chipur… Continue Reading