ADDICTION IS ADDICTION REGARDLESS OF IT'S NAME
To the readers of my blog I wanted to inform you that I am spending time at a weight treatment facility to deal with obesity. Yeah that's right! I have been dealing with a cross addiction from...
View ArticleDOES DIET HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ADDICTION?
I wanted to address diet as a possible contributor to addiction. I have been at a wellness clinic for 7 days, the diet consist of a glutton free, dairy free, sugar free, fat free diet. (Yeah thats...
View ArticleSoberiety Is Not For Those Who Suffer From Ego!
Today I write with a heavy heart. A friend and colleague passed away this past week after a ten year celebration of sobriety and then a relapse that finally took his life. The obsession to drink won,...
View ArticleNegoiator
Recently I had a conversation with a concerned mother with grown son in his 40's who is addicted to drugs and alcohol, his life has become unmanagble. Her only goal was to save her son and to help...
View ArticleEATING DISORDERS AND WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY ARE CONNECTED TO ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR?
When our family first started dealing with addiction, it was due to one of our siblings becoming a homeless person, lost and running from her family to the arms and world of the lowest of lifestyles....
View ArticleWhat is your rock bottom?
It's interesting that there are so many reasons to use an interventionist. At any level you can stop the insanity. Trust the professionals to guide you thru this scary process. Here is just a list of...
View ArticleIntervention Education and the Addiction Process
"He's going to die!" She screams across the phone. The pain and terror in her voice catapults me into action. There are so many questions to ask, what do I do first? Help her calm down let her know she...
View ArticleAddiction Kills Again
New Leaf Recovery and Intervention Services Inc. learned some very sad news over the weekend. We are extremely saddened to announce that we had a member of our family pass on. Kris Denny, one of the...
View ArticleBroken for good?
Some people and even some religions would have us think that transgressions in this life are like holes in a board, in that when we sin, irreparable damage is caused to our souls. Coming to the...
View ArticleIs everyone addicted?
My mother started in the recovery field when I was a young teenager. We had always been involved in the mental health world so this was to me another one of my mom's journeys to save people from the...
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