You Oughta Be Ashamed of Yourself!
Walking in shame, I don’t find my way to light, hope, peace or accomplishment. Rather, I find my way to downtrodden darkness, more mistakes, fai…
Category: Discussion Blog
How AiR Can Help You to Shift the Balance
This site provides videos that teach the CRAFT approach. Interspersed with the videos are worksheets we call Key Observations. The informati…
Who Should Pay for Sober Housing?
Treatment doesn’t see its role as helping the newly sober person to manage financially. They rarely ask the question, "So where is the job?” ... …
He Won’t Get Out of Bed
Your brother is trying to stay sober but is so depressed he won’t get out of bed. I would treat this as a psychiatric emergency. I suggest you s…
Why Won’t She Fight Fair?
She would call me “UnChristian,” reminding me that “God sees exactly” how I am. For years this was my private horror stor…
Who Should Pay for Sober Housing?
Treatment doesn’t see its role as helping the newly sober person to manage financially. They rarely ask the question, "So where is the job?…
My Knock-down Fights with My Mom
Vitriol can be described as a solution-less rant of hate-filled criticism. A brand of sulfuric acid was named Vitriol, reason being that the acid was …
Arguing with an Addicted Loved One Can Be Like Reasoning with a Hurricane
It’s no secret that addiction has ripped its way through my home and family. At least not since my book “Unhooked, a Mother’s Story …
He’s Been Smoking Pot Half His Young Life
Experts describe the pot of today as a completely different drug as it used to be, with THC levels often reaching 80-90%, as oppoosed to the 10-15% mo…
The Dilemma of Danger
How do you keep from encouraging further drug use by raising the bottom and protecting your Loved One from overdose? How as a family member do y…