Addiction & Recovery

An alcohol and drug addiction counselor examines why people take drugs, why they keep taking them, and what to do about it. Sure, people have free will when they make the decision to have their first sip of alcohol, first cigarette, or first puff of marijuana. Or do they? For some of us, hereditary genetic or epigenetic factors put us at increased risk. Others are influenced by the desire to be part of a social group. Still others make choices before their brains are fully de

A trauma victim, survivor, and life coach reveals the 'how' and the 'why' of abstinence, recovery and renewal, without drugs or alcohol. Surviving tragedy & trauma. An unspeakable, unbearable tragedy shattered my world on July 2, 2011. As many trauma victims do, I had turned to drugs and alcohol to numb my pain. I thought that was the way to take the edge off. But, after many years, I became aware that numbing myself only prolonged my agony. Breaking bad habits. Bad habits di