by Duane Osterlind | Dec 26, 2022 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Anxiety, Drug Addiction, Trauma
America is in the midst of a new drug crisis. Earlier this year, the CDC reported a staggering 107,000 overdose deaths in 2021. That’s one every five minutes. It’s up almost 15% from 2020 and nearly 70% of those deaths involved fentanyl. On today’s...
by Duane Osterlind | Nov 7, 2022 | accountability, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Recovery
Embed Code: Episode 206: The Sober Economy: Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Help People in Recovery with Dr. Harold Jonas Addiction recovery is a long process that’s why we need long-term solutions to help people move into a recovery state. We need a community and...
by Duane Osterlind | Aug 16, 2022 | Blog
Addiction is a chronic disease – not a moral failing. There’s always shame and guilt attached to addiction. According to Tish Marsh, advocate for mental health and addiction treatment and support, you need to be able to separate yourself from the addiction and...
by Duane Osterlind | Jun 21, 2022 | Blog
As teenagers, they are in an exploratory stage but when do you know it’s time for you as parents to intervene because they’re already struggling with addiction? It’s important to recognize the early signs that your teens could be struggling with anxiety or other...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 15, 2022 | Blog
Son of Pakistani American immigrants, Shahjehan Khan grew up as an average American young person in the suburbs of Massachusetts. When 9/11 happened, he remembers being a senior in high school, sitting in a calculus class. At that time, he was already a...
