It’s a families’ worst nightmare – realizing a loved one is abusing drugs or alcohol. Figuring out if this is the case, can often be challenging. It’s important to figure out if changes in behavior are due to substance abuse or one of a number of mental health issues such as: anxiety, depression, ADD or …
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My parents raised me in a middle-income home in a typical family neighborhood in a suburb of a city. I was raised in the prominent religion of the area and went to church every Sunday with my family and friends. I was a straight-A student and had music and dance lessons after school. Most of …
What we really have is a daily reprieve (from our alcoholic or addict behaviors) contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 85. I heard this statement several times when I was early in my recovery, but never gave it much thought. For most of my life, I thought that spirituality meant …
I’m in Paris for work, which is exactly as great as it sounds. I eat dinner at a fancy restaurant and drink cognac — the booze of kings and rap stars. Somewhere near midnight, I tumble into a cab with my friend, and the night starts to stutter and skip. How did we get back …
