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
Author Archives: Lisa Frederiksen
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
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
Understanding Brain Effects of Childhood Trauma
Understanding Brain Effects of Childhood Trauma (examples include: physical, emotional or verbal abuse, neglect) – is critical for our children’s sake. It is critical to our ability to help them avoid the consequences it causes, such as substance abuse or addiction. Why? How? Childhood trauma, such as that described in the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)… Continue Reading
Sober Conversations | Secondhand Drinking
Secondhand drinking has been an ongoing topic on my blog and in my consulting and presentation work for several years, now. It is a term to describe what happens to family members and friends and the stranger on the street, to the co-workers and fellow students and society at large. It is what happens to… Continue Reading
When Does Drinking Alcohol Become a Problem
When does drinking alcohol become a problem vs a night of fun or a complement to a lovely meal with friends? What can a person do to keep from crossing the line from “safely” drinking alcohol to abusing alcohol or developing alcoholism? Is there such a line – isn’t drinking either normal or alcoholic? You… Continue Reading