Help for Families | Secondhand Drinking | Codependency
An Interview with Cathy Taughinbaugh, TreatmentTalk.org, on her new ebook, Embrace the New Life
“Embrace the New Life,” is the latest ebook by Cathy Taughinbaugh, founder of TreatmentTalk. She is a former teacher and mother of a crystal meth addict who has been in recovery for over 5 years. Cathy writes on addiction, recovery and treatment at Treatment Talk.org, and accepted my invitation to talk about her work and…
Read MoreSteve Hauptman Writes About Depression and Control
Depression and control is the topic of the following guest post by Steve Hauptman. Steve is the founder of Monkeytraps: A blog about control, which has two authors: Steve Hauptman, LCSW, and Bert. That’s Bert in the photo to the right, looking depressed. Bert speaking:) Steve says depression is called the “common cold” of mental illness. Interesting way to view…
Read MoreHave You Been Stung By the Stigma of Addiction?
The stigma of addiction is crippling as you’ll read in today’s guest post by Cathy Taughinbaugh, founder of the blog, TreatmentTalk. Have you felt the stigma of addiction? by Cathy Taughinbaugh When I first started writing this blog [TreatmentTalk.org], I wanted to be anonymous and hide behind some generic description of my purpose. As time went…
Read MoreMindfulness to Heal the Brain
Mindfulness to heal the brain? As you’ve likely read if you follow my blog or have read my latest book, 10th Anniversary Edition If You Loved Me, You’d Stop!, 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreHelping 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 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…
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