Change Your Tactics
Changing of tactics requires several key life skills: Identify your goal. Ask yourself what tactics you employ to gain that goal. Ask...
Living Your Life Intentionally
Most people live aimlessly and without thought as to how they are living. When someone becomes drug or alcohol addicted, they spend more...
The Perfectionist’s Struggle with Treatment
Treatment for chemical dependency or co-occurring disorders does not lend itself well to exceedingly high expectations or a...
Overcoming Resentment and Bitterness
The word resentment is best understood as having bitter indignation at being treated unfairly or unkindly. Resentment can come when you...
What Are You Bringing?
When people enter a relationship it is common to ask “What is in it for me?” or “What will I get out of it?” Potential employees perhaps...
A Few Weeds In The Garden
Life is not as easy as most of us would like. We endure pain and suffering, both large and small. Listening recently to a television...
Addiction and Anxiety
In a co-occurring disorder treatment program, people come with a variety of mental health and substance abuse issues. The Journal of the...
Developing Refusal Skills
Abstaining from alcohol and drugs is challenging for a large variety of reasons. Temptations often come from the inside and include...