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Watching Amy Die
During my return flight from a recent trip to London, I watched the documentary, “Amy,” which depicts in horrifying detail the death from addiction and…
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Recovery at Year’s End, 2015
This post falls between the long holiday weekends of Christmas and New Year’s, which can be a very challenging time for those in recovery, particularly…
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Will Help Be Coming Soon? Government Responses to Opioid Addiction
Will Help Be Coming Soon? Government Responses To Opioid Addiction Government responses to the upsurge in addiction to opioid medication continue to appear, but the…
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Q&A: Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Chief Medical Officer, Phoenix House
Editor’s Note: Physicians treating opioid-addicted patients have a unique perspective on the problems arising from the dramatic increase in the prescribing of opioid medication. Dr.…
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Gambling Addiction: Zoning Out Without the Drug
Talking to people who suffer from gambling problems is what got me over my skepticism about gambling being a true addiction. Their descriptions of their…
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Maintaining Recovery through the Holidays
“You’ve got to have a plan.” This is the mantra of people in long-term recovery, who know that the holiday season can be problematic for…
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Preventing Burnout: 4 Ingredients for Maintaining Balance
I am thirty-five years into my career, and I love it, most days. Preparation for writing this post caused me to ponder the reasons this…
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42 Years and Counting
Many changes have occurred in the world over the last 42 years. when Jim McMahon and I opened the Kolmac treatment program in the fall…
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“CHIPS”: Another Recovery Acronym
Editor’s Note: In the first article that I ever wrote—published in the June 1975 issue of the AA Grapevine—I began with the statement, “I do…
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Alcohol: Social Lubricant or Social Isolator?
To many people, alcohol is often regarded as a welcome social lubricant, reducing the anxiety that is common in some social interactions. For Bill Wilson,…
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