I am honored that ASRC – Adoption Search Resource Connection – has published my essay Becoming Yourself as an Adoptee. Please read the entire essay here at
So you know somebody who wants to get sober? Great! Unfortunately, getting sober is really complex and every individual is different in how they arrive
Guest Post on AA Agnostica: The Evolution of Identity Excerpt: I used to identify in a very specific way. In the beginning of my recovery
One of the biggest obstacles in the life of a person with substance use disorder is asking for help. Ironic, isn’t it? We are often
“I can’t take this anymore” is a thought that is familiar to many people with substance-use disorder. The “this” can be the obsession itself, life
There’s nothing like the holidays, “the most wonderful time of the year…” This is when most of us prepare for the big family gatherings and
Please see my guest blog post titled “SPIRITUAL? RELIGIOUS? GO FIGURE” at AA Beyond Belief, a Web site dedicated to the following: Our pledge
Getting sober and clean for the first time is probably one of the biggest events in the life of a person with substance-use disorder. For
A recent billboard advertising quitting smoking made me think about what it actually means to quit. Is all quitting created equal? Is there better or
Shame. It’s a monster that has been ever-present in my life from as far as I can remember. Before I had a name for it,
I don’t know if things would’ve turned out differently for me, but I know that it took me a long time and a lot of
If you spend long enough time in recovery, you will encounter many different ways of describing what happened, what has been going on, and what’s
Today’s guest is David Bohl. I’ve always known David as the successful business man and family man with the big house on the lake, boats,
Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back to the place I was before Relax’ said the
What doesn’t kill you… makes you stronger? Not necessarily. Not if you don’t learn from it. If you do what could potentially kill you, again,
The “war stories” of people with substance-use disorder prove to be some of the most enticing stories, judging how popular they are. They can be
One of the hottest topics in how society might be about to change, and that is causing a lot of emotion and political upheaval lately,
The science of psychology has been attempting, for years, to classify and identify personality traits that would categorize people—especially those with mental-health issues—and put them
