Happy New Year!
I thought I'd start the New Year out with something sort of fun...
Now, I know some of you aren't even old enough to remember Monty Python. But for those of you who do, you'll probab...
I've worked in the addiction treatment industry for a long time—like over 30 years.
But I've actually been AROUND the treatment industry longer than I've been a professional in it. You see, I was...
"What's this got to do with drug use?"
I get a lot of mileage out of the short video above in my work with substance use disorder clients.
I simply ask them to watch it, and then tell me why the...
There's no denying that substance abuse treatment “success rates” can be alarmingly poor. It is an all-too-common scenario to see a client go through residential treatment for a month or two, and be b...
I had an experience yesterday that really got me thinking.
About drug treatment.
And what it’s like for families who have a loved one in treatment.
More specifically, about how challenging drug tre...
"Rehab doesn't work."
"I don't trust those rehabs. They're only in it for the money."
In my line of work I frequently find myself in the position of suggesting to a family that it might be time cons...
I ran an adolescent outpatient substance treatment program for many years.
One night I was standing in my office with some parents. We had just finished a graduation group where their daughter had ju...
Last week I presented a webinar for The Greenhouse Holistic Healing CEU Series, a monthly training hosted by The Greenhouse, a leading substance use treatment facility here in Dallas, Texas.
And I t...
The video above includes two of the shortest—but perhaps most effective—lectures you'll find on how addiction impacts the family system:
- The 8-Second Lecture on Chemical Dependency
- The 8-Second Le ...
