September 2013

Blueprints for Recovery long term drug rehab. Provides scientific information about the disease of drug addiction, including the many harmful consequences of drug abuse and the basic approaches that have been developed to prevent and treat the disease. NIH Pub Number:10-5605 Published:April 2007 Revised:August 2010 Author:National Institute on Drug Abuse Science of Addiction is in […]

I can remember picking up a guitar for the first when I was about 5 years old. Almost my whole family played either the guitar or the piano.  When I was five my hands weren’t big enough to play but I would sit there and try to play, picking an odd note here and there.  […]

When I first got sober I heard the saying,” My mind was a dangerous place to be alone.”  The saying hit home.  My mind was going a million miles a minute in every which direction.  They all seemed to move in the direction that I would not be able to stay sober and that long […]

A large majority of the young adults who enter long term drug treatment suffer from anxiety. The residents often used drugs as means of reducing and managing their anxiety. Their anxiety made it difficult for them to fit in with their peers, in school, and at work. These feelings helped to mold and establish fears […]

Step One is the foundation of 12 step recovery.  The first step clearly outlines the wreckage created by the individual’s addiction.  The first step first has two main points.  The first main point is the unmanageability created by the individual’s addiction.  The young adult in drug rehab will begin to examine carefully how their addiction […]

Trauma: Trauma (whether from a one-time dramatic event or from a repetitive type, stemming from childhood) causes our central nervous system (CNS) to be on high alert.  Whether the event/events took place today or years ago, the brain has changed to accommodate that traumatic experience.  It’s as if a robber has come into a house […]

NEUROFEEDBACK— long term treatment’s answer to relapse 2006 Study boasts a 77% recovery rate for addicts getting Neurofeedback in Treatment It’s come to my attention, recently, that Neurofeedback has reached a “tipping point” if you will (with the general public and specifically in addiction treatment circles). This is good news to me because I have […]

My teachers have been many, and my insights are due to their tireless research and specializations. Among them are Dr. Daniel Siegel, Dr. Daniel Stern, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, Dr. Allan Schore, Dr. Stephen Porges, Mary Main, Dr. John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Sir Richard Bowlby, and the Boston Change Group. I thank all of you […]