“EEG Biofeedback therapy should play a major therapeutic role in many difficult areas. In my opinion, if any medication had demonstrated such a wide spectrum of efficacy it would be universally accepted and widely used.” Frank Duffy, M.D., Neurologist, Boston Children’s Hospital, Professor, Harvard Medical School.
Anyone who’s gone through treatment or got themselves clean by persistent attendance at 12-step fellowship groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous and others, knows that the going can be pretty rough at times. Fresh out of treatment, it’s both a blessing and a time fraught with temptations and challenges. Even [...]
If you have a dual diagnosis, you more than likely already know how cruel people can be. Those suffer from substance abuse and a mental health disorder are often looked upon in a disparaging light, subject to hurtful comments and rude behavior. Some of this you may know all too well. That’s the reality, but [...]
Irreverent, impossibly funny, starkly revealing – these are perfect descriptors of the hard-to-put-down book by Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking. Yes, that Carrie Fisher, daughter of actress Debbie Reynolds and former crooner (and irrepressible womanizer, according to his daughter) Eddie Fisher. You might remember Carrie as Princess Leia from Star Wars, that little blockbuster film that [...]
When we think of hungry ghosts, it certainly conjures up an image of some pretty frightening specters. In the field of addiction treatment and recovery, such descriptors seem totally appropriate. Think of it. Hungry, as in devouring, destroying, seeking to annihilate. Ghosts, as in haunting spirits and thoughts never leaving our presence. Now, with the [...]
Meth is a tough subject to talk about. Many Americans don’t know very much about meth, much less anything accurate. Some people think meth was once a big problem but has since dissipated. Others only have a vague idea or gnawing worry that maybe meth isn’t gone from the landscape of America – it’s just [...]
Twenty-five years after Melody Beattie wrote her groundbreaking book, Codependent No More, and following publication of three other books on codependence (Beyond Codependency, The Language of Letting Go, and The Codependents Guide to the Twelve Steps), the author is back again, this time with The New Codependency. This latest work sheds new light on how [...]
Patients – women and men – who have suffered trauma and engage in substance abuse may be helped through integrated treatment methods that concurrently focus on both. This is particularly true when the trauma is post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but may also be applicable with other forms of trauma. If you currently abuse substances [...]
If you’ve come to the realization that you need professional treatment to overcome your addiction, that’s a good first step. In fact, you won’t get anywhere without such a realization, backed by a solid commitment to see treatment through to completion. The next step is to get into treatment. First, however, you need to take [...]
Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. But the fact is that people with mental health problems are among those with the highest smoking prevalence. According to the most recent estimates, 75 percent of people with mental health problems or addictions smoke cigarettes, compared to 23 percent of the [...]
