Pages from the Soul of an Addict is just that-pages that were poetically written from the author's soul while being bound by the consuming chemical chains of crack cocaine.
Trauma and abuse can lead one down a path toward eternal destruction; but when excessive alcohol and drug abuse can't ease the pain or depression, and car wrecks, freak accidents, alcohol poisoning, blackout drunk driving, or overdosing can't kill you, suicide looks like the only option for escape.
As a parent of three sober alcoholic daughters and becoming an addiction psychotherapist with a master of science in substance abuse, as well as working with hundreds of parents with stories similar to her own, Mary was able to utilize her knowledge and experience to aid parents in their own recovery, avoiding the pitfalls of enabling and codependency.
Chemical dependency and its denial aspects are the heart and soul of one of, if not the greatest, horrific problems in our society, yesterday, today and probably many tomorrows to come!
Meditations and Reflections to Help End Codependence In 200 short, straightforward daily lessons illustrating the many forms that detachment can take in ones life.
After over thirty years in personal recovery from alcohol/drug addiction, PTSD from being raised in an abusive/alcoholic environment, and experiences as a combat medic in Vietnam, I felt the need to pass on my personal story of recovery.
The criminalization of opioid medications has made it all but impossible for pain patients to receive adequate treatment in the United States for more than one hundred years.
Raising her two beloved children in downtown Manhattan, Mallory Neuberger was living a double life: holding down a successful career, running marathons, eating healthy, married to a wonderful new husband, and hiding a soul-crushing drug addiction from everyone she loved.
It was the third week in March, and as the nation readied for the annual NCAA's Men's Basketball Tournament, one man's world continued to spiral out of control.
