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Being Present – How Is Your Heart Today
Along time ago, in 1969 to be exact, I read the iconic Jewish Novel, Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth. At one point in the novel, Portnoy reflects on the meaning of “How are you?” He poses the...
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Exercise and Addiction Recovery
There’s no question recovery can be tough. At times, it can feel like attending group sessions is like climbing a Stairmaster. However, that Stairmaster may be that extra push for your body to feel...
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Spirit of Recovery Award Honorees at HVRC
Thursday Dec. 8, 2016 will always hold a most special and memorable place in my heart as that is when I was invited to join the past thought leaders who were previous recipients of The Joseph L...
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Have Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram got you down? Depression and...
Source This post was originally published on AddictionBlog.org Depression And Technology Addiction: A New Reality? “You need to build an ability to just be yourself and not be doing something. That’s...
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The Social Costs of Drunk Driving
The team at MoneyGeek.com put together a well-researched blog post called “From Lost Lives to Car Insurance Hikes: What Works to Reduce the Social Costs of Drunk Driving“. This post is a great reminder...
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Finding Joy
As the new Year begins, we often sit down making lists or what we want to accomplish, weight we want to lose, jobs we would like to have money we want to make, and yet very little is spent on Finding...
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Can Laughter Aid in Treating Addiction?
Laughter As Addiction Medicine? Are you an addiction treatment provider looking for new ways to engage patients? Here, we take a look at how laughter can aid practitioners in treating addiction…by...
View ArticleRecovery Plus Article — Ethics: Be bold, visionary, and vocal
This article was printed in the January 2017 edition of Recovery Plus magazine. Recovery Plus Jan 2017 - Louise Stanger preview-2 The post Recovery Plus Article — Ethics: Be bold, visionary, and vocal...
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Recovery Campus Article – Adulting – It’s Hard To Do
A new article written with Roger Porter is published in Recovery Campus magazine on page 70. View the online version here: http://www.recoverycampusdigital.com/winter2017/ The post Recovery Campus...
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[Infographic] Rethinking Triple Threat
In my article for the Huffington Post in 2015, I addressed something I called the Triple Threat. Here is an excerpt from that article Until the ‘80s, it used to be that clients coming in for treatment...
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Opioid Pandemic?
Is it possible that we’re headed for an opioid pandemic? We know it’s an epidemic. This is a subject I’ve written a lot about & seen more & more when helping with interventions or designing...
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Substance abuse and aging: Are my retired parents addicted?
Source This article originally appeared on AddictionBlog.org Grandparents: What’s A Daughter/ Son To Do? My mother taught me how to swoosh into a room on a wave of casual chic while holding a whiskey....
View ArticleHey Grandma, Can I Live With You?
Grandparents and the Opioid Epidemic This article was featured in The Sober World magazine. march17_issue The post Hey Grandma, Can I Live With You? appeared first on All About Interventions | Dr....
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A MUST READ – THE KENNEDY FORUM: NAVIGATING THE NEW FRONTIER OF MENTAL HEALTH...
We must be Visible, Vocal and Visonary with our Congressional Representatives. The Kennedy Guide is a must read in today’s age. As stated in the preamble: It is time to end the needless suffering...
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Digital Media Marketing and Interventionists Etiquette
I love the fact that in the digital media age we can connect across the globe on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. These platforms have become major marketing tools. Since 1973, I...
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How Addiction Impacts Financial Management
John Collins, Director of Investment Advisory & Principal of Aspiriant, recently published an article titled, “Addiction and Financial Management”, in which he discusses the difficult situation...
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The Changing Face of Meth
Source This article originally appeared on Huffington Post. Through my many years as a clinician in behavioral health, I have met many people of all races, socioeconomic status and gender who have...
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Evaluating the Good & Evil of Cell Phones for Children, Teens & Adults
crazy businessman worried expression This article originally appeared on Huffington Post. The evolution of technology is primarily regarded as a positive tool for societal needs. We can now communicate...
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Too Big to Fail: Wealthy Clients & Addiction
This article originally appeared on Huffington Post. Sam Polk, a former hedge-fund trader on Wall Street, tells the New York Times how his addiction to money and gambling was the source of his...
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Trauma & Addiction — What’s The Difference?
This article originally appeared on Huffington Post. Over the last couple years, more and more treatment centers have started saying they specialize in “Trauma Informed Therapies.” We marvel over this,...
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