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Who Really Pays the Price of Addiction? by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism The following is a guest post by Carolyn Hughes, a freelance writer with special interest in alcohol issues. Carolyn is currently writing The Hurt Healer, a novel based ... Read on »

Remembering Our Troops by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism I was at a loss for how to express my feelings, today. “Thank you for giving your life to serve our country,” is not nearly enough, no matter how many other descriptive wor ... Read on »

Memorial Day Holiday DUIs — It Takes Far Fewer Drinks Than You’d Think by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism With today as the official start of the Memorial Day holiday week-end, I thought I’d use this post to share some of the science of how it is that a well-intended person ge ... Read on »

Alcohol Abuse Prevention – Part of SAMHSA’s National Prevention Week Celebration by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Today celebrates Alcohol Abuse Prevention as part of SAMHSA’s National Prevention Week. National Prevention Week is new annual health observance supported by SAMHSA that ... Read on »

How To Find Your Joy When Your Loved One Has an Addiction by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism The following is a guest post by Cathy Taughinbaugh of TreatmentTalk.org . Cathy is the author of the book, “ 101 Natural Highs for an Amazing Drug Free Life ,” and ... Read on »

Take the Pledge – The National Prevention Week Pledge by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism National Prevention Week is a new annual health observance supported by SAMHSA that celebrates the work that community organizations and individuals do year-round to prev ... Read on »

4 Suggestions for A Different Kind of Conversation With Your Teen About Drinking by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism It’s that time of year – graduating high school seniors off to college in the fall, 19 year old college students home for the summer, and parents concerned about how to ta ... Read on »

“Is It a Stick or a Snake?” by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Tying back to yesterday’s post, one of the most important discoveries (after the one about why and how addiction is a brain disease) I made was to learn that the fam ... Read on »

Reflections on Mother’s Day by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Lisa & Her Daughters, Summer 2011 As my daughters took charge of making dinner last night, I sat on the tall white stool in our kitchen and beamed. This Mother’s D ... Read on »

The Fifth Step – Don’t Chase the Garbage Truck by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism The following is a guest post by Tim Cheney who has been in long-term recovery for over 30 years. He is the co-founder and managing partner of Chooper’s Guide , a web-b ... Read on »

Families Need Recovery From Addiction, Too by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism The following is a guest post by Ian Koch, MS, LADC, CAS and Operations Manager of North East Addiction Consultants, established to help families of drug addicts and alcoh ... Read on »

What If I Relapse After Addiction Treatment and How Can I Prevent This? by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism The following is a guest post from Patrick Meninga, an Intake Specialist at a Drug Rehab in Michigan with over 5 years experience working directly with recovering addicts ... Read on »

Mental Health Awareness Month – the Impacts of Childhood Trauma by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, and I want to zero in on one this year’s celebration objectives – to raise awareness of trauma and its impacts. ... Read on »

Government Can Reduce Drunk Driving With New Technology by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism The following is a guest post by Pari Chang, a professional blogger for SixEstate . Her work has been featured in The New York Times, SELF, and Glamour. Government Can ... Read on »

Statistics on Teen Drug Abuse by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism The following info graphic is prepared by AddictionTreatment.org , a website sharing articles and information on addiction, treatment, getting help, and interventions. Thi ... Read on »

Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA, Answers Questions on Addiction by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Most of you probably watched Morley Safer’s interview on 60 Minutes with Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), on Apri 29, 2012, titled ... Read on »

Interested in a Webinar on Substance Abuse / Addiction Related Questions? by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Many of you know Cathy Taughinbaugh (right) of TreatmentTalk.org . Cathy is the author of the book, “ 101 Natural Highs for an Amazing Drug Free Life ,” and a gifted writ ... Read on »

Dealing With Symptoms and Using Triggers During Vicodin Withdrawal by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism The following is a guest post by Art Coburn, a recovering addict, whose goal is to help others and let them know that they too can get clean and sober. Art writes about a ... Read on »

Financial Peace of Mind: A Shortcut by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism The following is a guest post by Sharon O’Day. Sharon is a tell-it-like-it-is money expert with a successful career in global finance and marketing, plus an MBA from the ... Read on »

Ah Ha Moments… by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism The following is a guest post by Nancy Del Colletti, Executive Director of Rainbow’s End Recovery Center , a unique place to recover from substance abuse in an intimate 15 ... Read on »

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