As a society, we generally have pretty strong opinions – and even stronger emotions – regarding people who suffer with addictions. Take a casual survey, and you’re likely to find viewpoints that range from fearful, resentful and hopeless to downright … Continue reading
My mother was God’s perfect embodiment of unconditional love in my life; and my father will always be my greatest (mortal) hero. I miss them both, terribly. Today would have been my mother’s 88th birthday. Unfortunately, she died many years … Continue reading
I just read an interesting Huffington Post article about a recent study that has identified a link between childhood abuse in women and food addiction. Dr. Susan Mason, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School’s Conner Center for Women’s Health … Continue reading
If you read my blog post two days ago, you may be wondering, “What’s love got to do with this?” After all, in the examples I cited, I told you that both sets of parents loved their kids dearly, despite … Continue reading
In 1999, the National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA) published a pamphlet entitled, Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide. Revised in December 2012, the Guide lists 13 principles of drug addiction treatment that have been derived from over … Continue reading
A few years ago I had the opportunity to travel throughout the great state of Tennessee, doing some consulting. While there, I visited the office of a pediatrician who practiced in a rural community where he was the only children’s … Continue reading
A couple of years ago, I had the great honor to be invited to give “The Drug Talk” to the entire student body of a local public high school during the annual “Red Ribbon Week” for raising drug and alcohol … Continue reading
In a manner reminiscent of the mother of Emmett Till, Noah Pozner’s mother takes the governor of Connecticut to view her son in his open casket, so the governor can see that little Noah’s entire jaw had been blown completely … Continue reading
I just read an article about Cory Hahn, an impressive young man who once had a promising future as a baseball player, possibly as a major leaguer. Early in his college baseball career at Arizona State University, Cory suffered a … Continue reading
One of my favorite lines in Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning movie, Gladiator, is uttered by Maximus’s second, Cicero: “Sometimes I do what I want to do; the rest of the time I do what I have to.” In the film, this … Continue reading