Understanding Behavioral Addiction with Amanda Giordano
There are a lot of negative consequences that can come from behavioral addictions. They include everything from financial problems to legal repercussions to health issues. Whether it’s gambling, gaming, sex, or pornography, it’s important to understand why some...
How Sophie Aghdami Helps People in Recovery Through The Wolf You Feed
Have you heard of the parable of the two wolves? It’s a story about an old Cherokee teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil. He has anger, envy, sorrow,...
The Journey Through Alcoholism and Recovery with Charlie Gray
Living as a high-functioning alcoholic for 11 years, Charlie Gray’s plan was to keep his job, make some good money, and just drink his way through. This went on until, physically, he could no longer do so. The root cause behind his addictive behavior was his early...
A Hope to Put an End to the Opioid Epidemic with Robert Kanter
There is so much stigma around people who struggle with addiction so they often get dismissed by other people, their loved ones, and society in general. Therefore, it’s so important that we show the humanity behind it and realize that these people are not just...
Healing Early Trauma Through Somatic Experiencing and Brainspotting with Andrew Susskind
We have to work and deal with our internal and early trauma. This can be more difficult to see and process without a reliable, trustworthy “other” in our lives. Sometimes it even takes an expert who can walk us through that journey in order for us to get to that safe...
Pregnancy and Addiction with Dr. Charles Schauberger
Patients with substance use disorder have every right to be pregnant and have children as much as anyone else. Some people look at it as being irresponsible but who are we to judge? OB/GYN and Addiction Medicine doctor Dr. Charles Schauberger says that many of...
Stop Hiding and Start Healing with Craig Brown
People think recovery is about addiction and about the drug addict. However, recovery is about restoring souls. In his book Stop Hiding, Start Healing, Craig Brown explains that there are people who have had some painful experiences in the past where the pain...
Stepping Into the Recovery Elevator with Paul Churchill
Addictions are many things. But to simplify them, they represent parts of our personalities that are out of balance. They represent a part of our body, mind, soul, or spirit that needs a lot of attention and that was perhaps neglected in childhood. As we...
From the Perspective of an Addict’s Loved One: Transmuting Pain Into Service with KL Wells
When we are in deep pain or we have these hardships in our life, we have to learn how to transmute them and turn them into something different – not just overcoming it. As for KL Wells, she decided to transmute her pain into service by helping others whose loved ones...
Understanding Sugar Addiction with Mike Collins
For most people who get into recovery, at some point, food and sugar become an issue in their life. It serves as a secondary feel-good mechanism when they're not feeling great. And people are not in a mental state to even make the correct decisions about this product...
