Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) – what is it? Does it make staying sober difficult? The following is a guest post by Todd Branston who has been working in the field of addictions for over 27 years. He has worked within the inpatient and outpatient settings, as well as in the Department of Corrections and… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Codependency & Enabling Explained by Ken P. and Bob T.
Codependency and enabling are confusing to most people. They are not words you generally hear unless you are somehow connected to the addiction recovery world. And even in the addiction recovery world, they are not a term that makes a whole lot of sense because they’re used to describe what happens to family members and… Continue Reading
Screening for Underage Drinking
Underage drinking — is a screening really necessary? And what could it tell you? 1 in 3 children starts drinking by the end of 8th grade … and of them, half report having been drunk. NIAAA This is the opening quote in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s (NIAAA)’s recently released alcohol screening tool… Continue Reading
Recovery App
A phone app to help with Recovery? Allyson Appen of Today’sStep.com, an online site “providing inspiration and support, one day at a time,” shares their new app for iPhone and Android. As Allyson explains, “What separates it from all of the other recovery apps is that we have an integrative perspective with daily quotes, qigong (pronounced… Continue Reading
Dating: Are They Hiding an Addiction?
When you are dating someone – is possible their drinking or drug use is an addiction? How can you tell? The following is a guest post by Victoria Levine, an artist, poet, author and life coach. A loving mother of three, Victoria becomes most inspired when surrounded by nature. She is the author of Wolf In… Continue Reading
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Drug and/or Alcohol Addiction and Recovery
Medication-assisted treatment for drug or alcohol addiction — is it “real” recovery or just another addition? The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) has an excellent resource, “NCADD’s Consumer Guide to Medication-Assisted Recovery.” Quoting from NCADD: There are many pathways to addiction recovery. One pathway can be Medication-Assisted Recovery—the use of medication,… Continue Reading
NIDA Simplifies Addiction Disease Concepts, Treatment & Recovery and Prevention
Addiction. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has done it again — created a fantastic, easy-to-understand product to explain addiction. This time, it’s a website. It’s called, “Easy-to-Read Drug Facts.” What is Addiction? Quoting from NIDA’s “Easy-to-Read Drug Facts’ “What is addiction page?:” When a drug user can’t stop taking a drug even… Continue Reading
The Health Consequences of Secondhand Drinking
Secondhand drinking – similar to the concept of secondhand smoke. It’s the impacts on others of a person’s drinking behaviors (arguments, fights, violence, DUI, emotional abuse…). These impacts can cause physical and emotional consequences for the person experiencing secondhand drinking. The following is one of the Appendices from my recently released eBook, Crossing The Line… Continue Reading