by Duane Osterlind | Feb 25, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Anxiety, Drug Addiction, Recovery
When we go through extreme pain, it’s easy to feel like we’re all alone. We doubt that anybody has felt the level of pain that we are currently experiencing. Life begins to feel hopeless and we start believing that there is just no reason to carry on. Powered by...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog
Children of an addictive home internalize a lot of toxic shame where they lose the ability to believe in their own worth and value. For some people, it has never been instilled in them, to begin with. But there is an emotional connection between the addict and...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 18, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Recovery
Ever seen or heard of people who would come in for addiction treatment over and over again – like they almost always come in for the same problem with the same sense of empowerment? You could throw as many drugs at them or do all kinds of physical interventions but...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog
Whether you’re a parent with an adolescent kid struggling with substance or alcohol abuse, or you know someone whose kid is struggling from such, adolescent addiction is a serious issue that we, as a society, should not be taking lightly. Oftentimes, adolescents...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 11, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Recovery, Teens
Children who grow up in an addictive home internalize a lot of toxic shame where they lose the ability to believe in their own worth and value. For some people, it has never been instilled in them, to begin with. But there is an emotional connection between the addict...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 5, 2021 | Blog
When Cathy Ferree was appointed president of the Indiana State Museum in 2017, she met a woman who talked about her son who had died of an opioid overdose who now runs the Overdose Lifeline. Also raised by two psychiatrists, Cathy is aware of the stigma behind mental...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 4, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Recovery, Teens
A lot of times, parents out there have kids struggling with addiction and they don’t know what to do or how to notice it. Unfortunately, adolescent addiction is oftentimes written off by a lot of parents because they think what they see as some crazy teenage...
by Duane Osterlind | Jan 29, 2021 | Blog
In this world of opioid addiction and overdose where more people are dying each year now from opioid-related overdose than those that died in the Vietnam War, could we ever imagine a time where humanity is finally free of these substances? John Halpern and David...
by Duane Osterlind | Jan 28, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Recovery
Substance abuse disorder is something that people don’t always discuss, and what you don’t know, is where you can go awry. On today’s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane talks to Cathy Ferree, the CEO of the Indiana State Museum, about their...
by Duane Osterlind | Jan 22, 2021 | Blog
Addiction is a family disease because everybody around you suffers from it. The family has a very important role to play during this healing process and there needs to be understanding and compassion. Laura’s Story Coming from a family of many alcoholics, Laura was...
