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…
Read MoreSubstance 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…
Read MoreEnergy Drinks + Alcohol = ???
Energy drinks + alcohol – what’s the big deal? To answer that, please read the following 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,…
Read MoreSubstance Misuse and Its Impacts on the Family Business
Don Schwerzler, internationally recognized expert in family business dynamics and founder of the Family Business Institute, a multi-disciplined, full service resource for family-owned businesses formed in the early 1980s, conducted an interview with me on my latest book, Loved One In Treatment? Now What! In 2001, the Family Business Institute launched the website, Family Business…
Read MoreWet Houses – Safe Places to Drink…
I was told about this video featuring a “wet house,” a place where alcoholics may live and drink, and I wanted to share it with readers. If you have had (or heard of) experiences with wet houses or have opinions about them, please add your thoughts and comments below.
Read More“The Dance” That Goes On in a Family With Substance Abuse and/or Addiction
“The Dance” That Goes On in a Family With Substance Abuse and/or Addiction – it’s real and it changes lives. It can also get in the way of recovery for the family and the alcoholic | addict, unless both get help individually and together as a family. By way of background… If a loved one…
Read MoreScience of Addiction Focuses on Sustainable Recovery
Understanding the science of addiction can help a person sustain long-term recovery. The following is a guest post by Judith Ann Miller and Leslie Carol Botha. Judith Ann Miller, Ph.D. is the founder and CEO of Courage to Change Addiction Recovery Ranch in southeastern Colorado, “integrating holistic modalities in addiction recovery; use[ing] your brain for change.”…
Read MoreBERT’s PLAN B – Fighting For Control When Growing Up In a Family With Untreated Alcoholism and Depression
The following is a guest post from Monkeytraps: A blog about control, which has two authors: Steve Hauptman, LCSW, and Bert. Steve is a therapist practicing in Mount Sinai, New York, and a Gestaltist and leader of Interactive Therapy groups. He is currently writing a book titled, The Illusion of Control. Bert is Steve’s control-addicted inner monkey. He is in recovery. He…
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