Children of Heroin Crisis Find Refuge in Grandparents’ Arms
With the rise in heroin use, grandparents are increasingly raising their grandchildren because the parents are either dead, in jail, in rehab or other…
Author: isabel
Listen to These Guys
In this unassuming homemade video, made with the equipment they could afford, Fresh Ré incite us, both by their model, and…
You Can Lead the Way to Change
The change that I need is not the same as the change my Loved One needs. Making that distinction is important, because so much of our energy tend…
Sometimes Raw is Better
These two boys from Ireland have fire in their bellies. I love the way they give themselves so completely to the song. I love how they set up in …
Finding the Best Addiction Treatment, With Hired Help
From the New York Times: For families who can afford to do so, hiring a private consultant is proving to be a great help for finding treatment op…
Me? Meditate?
Over the years I have come to see the act of sitting down in silence as a gift I am giving myself. But I did not always see it thus. For so long my se…
Shhhhhhh!!!
SILENCE. It's not nothingness. SILENCE. It's a settling, a focusing, a calming. It's a pause. SILENCE. What's in it for you?…
How to Really Help Someone with Alcoholism
From addictionblog.org, Dominique Simon-Levine guest authors a post: A young woman named Kate came to see us, deeply upset about her mother&rsquo…
The End of Hitting Rock Bottom
SHORTLY AFTER 1 A.M. on March 27, Susan Knade awoke to the sound of her cellphone ringing. It was her 21-year-old daughter, Caroline, calling. She was…
Your Worst Fears Have Been Confirmed
Families who find evidence of drug or alcohol use need a plan that goes way beyond the day-to-day reactivity caused by the chaos of life, especially w…