How to keep recovering from addiction during a pandemic?One day everything was just as usual, then all of the sudden the whole world is going on a lock-down and going under rules for everybody to keep their distance and limit their interaction with each other.With this, 12 step programs no Read more…
Is it just me, or does it seem as if the institutions we have come to rely on are not doing their job? Worse yet, they seen to be actively working against us. Here are just a few examples. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), US drug overdose Read more…
Why are we so fascinated by celebrities? Everyone we know (and even those we don’t) have problems, and some of them involve substance abuse. So why do we clamor to read all about celebrities going through hard times? Is it a fascination with fame? Or some kind of voyeuristic itch Read more…
In 1967 William H. Stewart, our nations surgeon general at the time, issued a report about smoking. This started decades of efforts that lead to the reduction of smoking in the U.S. – from 42 percent of the population to the current rate of 17 percent. This past November, the Read more…