It’s hard enough to arrest a relapse or a slip and help our clients or loved ones get back on track, but what do you do when the relapse turns to active addiction, being straddled with some sick days here and there, then back hitting hard again?
I wish there was a formula that one could follow to assure success.
Episode after episode of the TV show Intervention cuts to the quick of how addicts ruin not only their own lives, but how their addictive and destructive behavior can break even the strongest of us. Shattered families confront shattered addicts in the hopes of mending...
Anyone who has observed or studied human beings knows that there is a pecking order to every group, with the pack leader at the top, low man on the totem pole at the bottom, and everyone else fits in between, in some form of hierarchy. A common but little discussed...
Hitting Rock Bottom refers to the notion that a person must hit their lowest point before having the motivation to change. It implies the person needs to experience firsthand the worst consequences of his actions before he will be motivated to get help and alter these...