Prevention | Intervention
Talking to a Child About a Parent’s Drinking – Secondhand Drinking
Talking to a child about a parent’s drinking – Secondhand Drinking – HOW do you do it? How do you sooth a child whose mommy or daddy yells at them or belittles them when they’ve been drinking. How do you explain to a child their daddy and mommy still loves them when you don’t believe…
Read MoreUsing Brain and ACEs Science to Fight Social Challenges
Using brain and ACEs science to fight social challenges has been a theme running through several of my recent Zoom PowerPoint presentations. The social challenges I refer to are juvenile and criminal justice, homelessness, recidivism, substance use and mental health disorders and secondhand drinking. Audiences have included the Sacramento Area Re-Entry Network, Hope Cooperative Sacramento,…
Read MoreMixed Messages On Teen Drinking
What happens when adults/parents send mixed messages on teen drinking? While their intent is clear — keep teens safe — the way a teen hears a parent or an adult’s message can have an adverse result. Yet, saying nothing doesn’t work, either. To help parents/adults with some of these very important conversations, I’ve provided three…
Read MoreProtecting Yourself From Secondhand Drinking
Secondhand Drinking – what is it, and how does a person protect themselves from it? What is secondhand drinking? It is being on the receiving end of a person’s (family member, friend or stranger-on-the-street’s) drinking behaviors. What are those drinking behaviors? Fighting with friends or family about the drinking; saying or doing things you don’t…
Read MoreSecondhand Drinking Prevention
Secondhand Drinking Prevention occurs when we understand what secondhand drinking is, what it does to a person’s physical and emotional health, and how it contributes to a person’s risk factors for developing a drinking problem. [Please note that the concepts in this post apply equally to Secondhand Drugging Prevention, as drug misuse works similarly in…
Read MoreSick and Tired of the Drinker’s Lies and Broken Promises
If you love someone who drinks too much – whether it’s binge drinking on the week-ends or drinking several drinks a night or you might even think of them as an alcoholic, but your not for sure, sure – then you’ve likely been told by your loved one things like: I am soooooo sorry. You…
Read MoreUnderstand How the Body Processes Alcohol – Reduce Secondhand Drinking
Understand how the body processes alcohol and reduce secondhand drinking – where’s the connection between these two concepts? Secondhand drinking is a term to describe the impacts another person experiences as a result of trying to cope with a person’s drinking behaviors. These are the behaviors a person engages in as a result of drinking…
Read MoreEnd Stigma | Shame Surrounding Addiction
Not until we end the stigma | shame surrounding addiction can we take the first steps to effectively treat it. Why? It is the stigma and shame that causes the people who suffer with this chronic, often relapsing brain disease (and those who love them) to believe they just don’t want recovery badly enough. And…
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