12 Ways Recovery From Addiction Will Save Your Marriage
12 Ways Recovery From Addiction Will Save Your Marriage Addiction in a marriage is never a good thing. The drug or alcohol becomes almost like a third person in the relationship and drives a wedge...
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Rock Bottom, Raising the Bottom or Tough Love? After speaking to and emailing hundreds of parents, spouses and other family members, I know this is a lot easier said, than done. Raising the bottom...
View ArticlePDAP: “An Instant Army, of Love and Support”
Palmer Drug Abuse Program (PDAP), “An instant army of love and support” ~ Written by grateful San Antonio PDAP Parents In February 2007, we found out our youngest daughter, age 17, was a meth...
View ArticleWife of Alcoholic. An Amazing Story.
This story below was sent to us at Changing Lives. We share this candid and powerful account of one woman’s struggle and ultimate healing (with the author’s permission) with hope that it will provide...
View ArticleDo you have to stop seeing all your old friends in order to recover?
ASK JOE: Old friends and recovery: Q: Do you have to stop seeing all your old friends in order to recover? A. It depends When I was first getting off alcohol and drugs, many of my old friends were just...
View ArticleThe Missing Link in Addiction Recovery. What’s Missing?
The Missing Link in Addiction Recovery. What’s Missing? ~by Joe Herzanek As I look back over three decades of working with chemically dependent men, women, adolescents and their families I ask myself...
View ArticleAA Facts and History
This simple little chart has surprising facts about AA, what it’s about and how well it works. We recommend taking a second to look and also to forward to a friend. Courtesy of Rehab Programs. Designed...
View ArticleAll Those AA Meetings: What he’ll hear when he goes to those AA meetings
~written by Toby Drews, author, “Getting Them Sober” Posted with permission. FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS WANT TO KNOW “WHAT HE’LL HEAR WHEN HE GOES TO THOSE A.A. MEETINGS.” What is often underlying that...
View ArticleVicodin Addiction: Prescription Abuse
Vicodin Addiction: Prescription Abuse ~by guest blogger Alex Kerwin Vicodin Addiction: Prescription Abuse Vicodin is a synthetic opiate created in a laboratory. Similar to morphine, its primary use is...
View ArticleWhat is a Pink Cloud?
ASK JOE: What is a Pink Cloud?: Q: What is a Pink Cloud? What does the term “pink cloud” mean? “I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.” ~Elizabeth Taylor A. Being “on a Pink Cloud” means to feel...
View ArticleHow to find Free Drug or Alcohol Addiction Treatment
Rehab Scholarships: How to find Free Drug or Alcohol Addiction Treatment ~written by Beachway Therapy Center Posted with permission. Steps to Obtaining a Rehab Scholarship How to find Free Drug or...
View ArticleAre some people beyond hope for recovery?
ASK JOE: Are some people beyond hope for recovery?: Q: Are some people beyond hope for recovery? A. Almost never. Other than a very small percentage of those who are severely mentally ill—I would say...
View Article“Why Don’t They Just Quit?” Where Was This Book 10 Years Ago?!
Changing Lives Foundation is proud to introduce Holli Kenley, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author of the award-winning new book on relapse “Mountain Air: Relapsing and Finding the Way...
View ArticleDrug Addiction Relapse: The Revolving Door
Drug Addiction Relapse: Changing Lives Foundation recently came across an infographic containing some great info on relapse —Drug Addiction Relapse: The Revolving Door Reposted below with permission....
View ArticleThe Still-Drinking Alcoholic’s Award-Winning Show
The Still-Drinking Alcoholic’s Award-Winning Show ~written by Toby Drews, author, “Getting Them Sober” Posted with permission. (This is one of our favorite stories from Toby. Hope you enjoy it and pass...
View ArticleAn Addicted Child and A Mother’s Journey; Peeling The Onion
RECOVERY BOOKS: Peeling The Onion: A Mother’s journey of healing and learning through the years of my son’s drug addiction and recovery. ~By Donna M. Packed with Gems of Wisdom and Unexpected...
View ArticleAddiction to Prescription Medications
Addiction to Prescription Medications . . . a drug abuse epidemic. Most abused prescription medications fall within three categories: painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants. In the past month, 6.2...
View ArticleDetachment. How Can I?
When life becomes one crisis after another, when emotional pain and endless drama become “the norm” what am I supposed to do? Over the past few decades I’ve received this question a lot. Recently it...
View ArticleWhy is Addiction Called “A Family Disease”?
#5 Ask the Addict’s Mom Changing Lives is proud to partner with The Addict’s Mom to bring our readers even more support, hope and friendship. Why is Addiction Called “A Family Disease?” ~By...
View ArticleYES!!! I am an Addicts Mom.
Yes!!! I am an addict’s mom. ~written by one of the Moms online who has such wisdom to share with us all. If you are that woman and would like to “make yourself known” please contact us at...
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