Money Worries? Help Is On The Way
Do you have money worries no matter how much you earn, or how good your life seems? Do you keep wondering why you just can’t get out of debt? Do your money worries drive you to drink or to take substances to ease the pain? Does despair over debt cause you or someone you love […]
Beware The Rubber Band of Recovery Language
Recovery language can feel manipulative. But don’t be surprised when people in recovery use their newly acquired recovery language to continue to control others. Behavior doesn’t improve overnight. The truth is where there is alcohol and substance use, destructive conditioning has actually changed everything about us. Our personalities are completely altered, and don’t return to […]
Alcohol Math For Girls
Did you know when it comes to alcohol math girls may not be safe at any level of drinking? It’s biology. Girls are impaired after one drink and drunk after two. Alcohol affects the behavior of your boys, of course, but not to the same degree or with the same adverse consequences. For boys, drinking […]
Recovery Activity Book
Need help calming down? This recovery activity book soothes and reinforces recovery principles while you learn a new way to think. Recovery literacy is necessary for the whole family to heal. Find Your True Colors In 12 Steps, translates early recovery lessons so friends and family can join their loved ones in this empowering new […]
Quitting Alcohol Set Me Free
Quitting alcohol seemed unnecessary when I decided to do it. After all, I am not an alcoholic, I would have said. I have always had a stop button. Alcohol was not my problem. I stopped swallowing at one-and-a-half martinis. (Actually, that’s quite a lot.) I never fell down, got arrested, cracked up the car, lost […]
Children of Alcoholics Have PTSD
Children Of Alcoholics Have PTSD Just Like Soldiers In War You may think that only soldiers at war experience Post Traumatic Stress symptoms, but children of alcoholics have PTDS, too. Parents and children of alcoholics and substance users also experience recurring trauma that causes lasting damage. Here’s what you need to know. It’s a buzz […]