“Where would we be without our worries? How would the dishes get done, children get fed, bills get paid? With all that we have going on in our lives, how would the floors get swept, ...
In my previous column I began discussing designer drugs and provided an overview of the first five in a list of ten. This column will conclude the list of today’s most frequently used and popular ...
We are now learning that addiction is truly about failed bonding—it’s a relational problem. Those deemed “sex addicts” are people missing meaningful relationships and who lack an understanding of healthy sexuality. They are seeking outside ...
We are at a time where payers are becoming increasingly unwilling to simply pay for access or services delivered (e.g., length of treatment in days or hours, or number of treatment sessions). When looking at ...
As summer came to a close, and within a seventy-two-hour span, we lost three brilliant individuals who made extraordinary contributions to our understanding of the human condition. All of us interested in enlightenment and personal ...
When we talk about the disease of alcoholism or drug addiction, we know that it is different from talking about cancer or ebola. It is not a virus that affects the organs; it cannot be ...
This is the first installment in a two-column series dealing with aging and wellness in recovery. This column focuses predominantly on threats to sobriety that we encounter as we grow older, together with suggestions for ...
James Douglas Morrison was The Doors’ lead singer, sex symbol, and poet. Idolized by teenyboppers on one extreme and by intellectual rock critics on the other, he was also a contradiction, wrapped in fantastic delusions ...
With the holidays in mind, which tends to cause people to say “Happy Thanksgiving,” “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Holidays” or “Happy New Year,” the question I am proposing is this: What happened to the rest of ...
It can happen to any of us, men or women. We reach a certain age and all of a sudden we wake up to the fact that not only are we older, we feel older. ...
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