“DRY” January
Will your resolutions for this year include losing ten lbs., calling your mother on Sunday, shopping less, and not drinking during this month? Will your willpower be compromised within a…
Read MoreDrug Treatment Options: Do Your Homework!
Living At Home, But Going To Therapy There are so many types of alcohol and drug treatment options, all claiming to “fix” your troubled child: the ones that allow your…
Read MoreMatthew Perry Transparent about his Substance Abuse Disorder
On November 1, 2022, Matthew Perry’s memoir Friends, Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing about his years addicted to alcohol and drugs will be released. Unlike many celebrity memoirs on this…
Read MoreOctober is National Recovery Month!
Why do we have it? The public needs to be educated. Last year, there were over 107,000 overdose deaths in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. …
Read MoreChasing the Dragon
Guest post by Carissa Serino Burt started using drugs at fifteen; at thirty-four they took his life. 34, the prime of his life. He had so much to look forward…
Read MoreWhat is Pink Cocaine?
A new lipstick that plumps your lips. A parfum from a French designer. Name of a new paint for a girl’s nursery. None of the above. Here’s The Real Answer…
Read MoreWould You Know How to Reverse An Overdose?
Whether a drug overdose is intentional (suicide) or unintentional, it’s still an overdose. The Centers for Disease Control defines an unintentional death as “when no harm is intended. Unintentional drug…
Read MoreLooking in the Rear View Mirror of My Son’s Addiction
Since your child was born, you have tried to be a “good-enough” parent. This obligation, skill set includes comforting and reducing his “boo-boos” to lessen the hurt. When the child…
Read MoreHow To Manage Stress
April is National Stress Awareness Month. Boy, as children get older, they face stress because of academics, family dynamics, extra -curricular pressures and social media influences, sometimes simultaneously. In a…
Read MoreLooking Beyond The Peephole of Addiction
There are many books about addiction. Some are written by mothers who give you a glance into their private world of what it’s like having a daughter who is NOT…
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