It was 5:30 on a Wednesday afternoon when a group of teenagers began filtering into the room. Each settled onto a large pillow arranged in a circle on the floor. In the center, a blanket held ceremon...
When a loved one enters rehab, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed, powerless, and fearful about whether the treatment will work.
And the truth is, rehab success rates can be really lousy.
But it do...
What if the very thing you're running from holds the key to your recovery? That’s the idea Carl Jung, the father of analytical psychology, shared with Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymou...
In recent years, there’s been a rising trend to view addiction as a symptom of trauma, and while there is an undeniable connection between the two, this view requires clarification. As stated by the A...
I presented a webinar this week titled: "Successful Recovery: A Family Guide To Peace Of Mind." The replay is now available on YouTube.
WEBINAR REPLAY: Successful Recovery: A Family Guide To Peace Of...
There's a Russian fairytale called "The Firebird," in which a hunter is faced with a decision to pick up a feather he finds laying on the path in front of him. His horse warns him that picking up the ...
What does Bill Wilson have in common with a Toltec Warrior?
This week in my Wednesday Woo! series my I gave a presentation titled "Managing Your Spiritual Energy: A Warrior's Approach To Personal Eff...
The other day I did a fun little livestream in my private FaceBook group (@JimSavageRecovery) that took quite an interesting turn—and opened the door for a lot of stimulating discussion since I poste...
Over the past several weeks I've had numerous calls from frustrated parents who have been engaged in some form of counseling or treatment with a teenage child where substance use was definitely part o...
A METAPHOR FOR THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
The Journey is a rock musical I initially wrote to simply tell a story about addiction and recovery. But over the years it's evolved into an entire program tha...
What does it mean when we say that someone's drug or alcohol use is a ... "problem?"
The first step towards successful substance use intervention is getting clear about what it means when we sa...
The other day I listened to a client talk about her experience of checking her husband into rehab:
"They said they would call. And I went home and waited. A week went by, nothing. I had no idea what...
