THE TIPPING POINT – DECIDING TO GO TO REHAB
There was a huge hurdle to overcome once we found a residential treatment center for our 19-year-old son. He had to agree to go there. We knew this would not be easy. Every family has their own process for this. Ours...
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THE TIPPING POINT – FINDING THE RIGHT TREATMENT CENTER FOR HELP – Thursday Thought
REFLECTION There comes a tipping point when it is necessary to seek a residential rehab program to help a loved one in the throes of addiction. In choosing the right treatment center, it is important to “do the homework”...
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THE TIPPING POINT – FINDING THE RIGHT TREATMENT CENTER FOR HELP
A new beginning for our family started when my husband and I decided to seek residential rehab for our son. It ultimately led to our son establishing long term sobriety and co-founding Northeast Addictions Treatment Center. But it wasn’t...
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The Tipping Point – When We Knew Our Son Needed Rehab – THURSDAY THOUGHT
REFLECTION In the midst of an ongoing addiction crisis there can be a tipping point that leads you to change your strategy on how to help a struggling loved one. These turning points usually come at a painful crossroads when...
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The Tipping Point – When We Knew Our Son Needed Rehab
There came a tipping point when my husband and I decided to seek a residential rehab program for our teenage son, who was addicted to alcohol and opioids. This decision was made after many painful years for our entire...
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Breaking the Chain: 100 Years of a Family Systems Illness – Thursday Thought
REFLECTION For many of us, there are generational links to substance use disorder that go back decades. For those in generations past there was little or no help to deal with the family systems disease of substance use disorder. ...
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Breaking the Chain: 100 Years of a Family Systems Illness
It was only very recently that I did the math. The sum of the equation was stunning: 100 years of substance use disorder impacting my family. One hundred freaking years. I would bet the ranch it stretches back even farther...
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The Power of Remembering – Thursday Thought
REFLECTION Sometimes remembering how things were in our families before substance use disorder impacted our lives is painful. We can wonder what happened to all of us and the life we shared together? But strength and hope can be found...
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The Power of Remembering
She’s got a smile it seems to meReminds me of childhood memories Where everything Was as fresh as the bright blue skyOh, oh, ohSweet child o’ mine Oh, oh, oh, oh Sweet child of mine Sweet Child O’ MineGuns N’ Roses At times...
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Relapse Sucks – Thursday Thought
RELAPSE SUCKS REFLECTION Relapse is part of the family systems illness of substance use disorder. When a family member relapses, the implications of that choice reverberate throughout a family. Statistics state that between 40 to 60 percent of people...
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