In my last column I introduced Pelagius and described his relationship to Augustine of Hippo in relation to their spiritual principles. Let’s continue this discussion. Here is an excerpt from a powerful letter that ...
Dear Dr. Toni: I have been a recovering alcoholic for ten years, although food has never been one of my drugs of choice. I eat healthy foods and I began meditating about a year ...
It has only been recently that addiction treatment programs have seriously considered the issue of smoking by its patients. Historically, smoking had not been a concern, especially when compared to other drugs of abuse which ...
2016 is the year of the heroin epidemic in the media. We have witnessed it in President Obama’s State of The Union Address as well as on the current presidential campaign trail with both parties ...
Tanya Lauer, MA, LPC, has worked in psychiatric hospitals, in-home therapy services, and outpatient trauma centers. Kathleen Parrish, MA, LPC, has spoken at conferences in the US and Europe, has worked in private practice, and ...
Throughout the year, every year, there are weeks and months dedicated to raising awareness about serious aspects of the impact of alcohol and drug use disorders. Why so many? Advertising tells us that average ...
It is a simple goal: make treatment better in California. Achieving that goal in the state with the nation’s largest and most diverse addiction treatment system is where it gets less simple. Undaunted by the ...
It is often said in AA groups that we need to honor principles before personalities. I think we all understand what the sentiment is behind this statement; in order to curb our egos we need ...
As you are probably aware, our nation—and indeed the world—suffer from a growing epidemic of obesity. A recent Los Angeles Times piece really drove home to me how serious the problem has become (Healy, 2016). ...
This is a question that produces all sorts of conflicting answers and heated rhetoric depending on whom you ask. History If we go back in time, one of the earliest references to the ...
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