by Duane Osterlind | Mar 11, 2022 | Blog
The stigma of addiction is so bad that people who are struggling with it choose to hide it. However, addiction is not the real problem, but rather the symptom of all these underlying hurts, pains, and suffering. Writer, speaker, and activist, David Poses was a...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog
A lot of people are oblivious to recurring issues they encounter in life when those are actually the result of some unresolved childhood trauma manifesting in different ways. Whether it’s addiction, alcoholism, a toxic romantic relationship, a dysfunctional...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 7, 2022 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy
On today’s episode, Duane speaks with Shahjehan Khan, a voiceover artist, actor, and musician based in Boston. He is the host of the King of the World podcast, which explores his life as a Pakistani American Muslim in the post-9/11 era, 20 years later. Shahjehan...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 3, 2022 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Grief & Loss, Recovery
The stigma of addiction is so bad that people who are struggling with it choose to hide it. However, addiction is not the real problem, but rather the symptom of all these underlying hurts, pains, and suffering. Today’s episode is a replay of an interview with...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog
Recovery is tricky. With alcoholism, for instance, people assume that if you remove the alcohol because alcohol is the problem, then you should get better. But people in the first 30 days of recovery don’t get better, they get worse. Addiction is referred...