When Is It Time for a Professional Intervention?
Joseph Kirkpatrick, PhD, LPC discusses the best type of intervention for alcohol/drug abuse and mental health. Indications that it may be...
Is Your Family Being Held Hostage by Addiction?
While there is a widely accepted genetic link to addiction, many are unaware of all the research available on how the disease of...
Experienced a Relapse? What to Do Next
The recovery community continues to be at high risk for relapse due to COVID-19. Quarantine, social distancing, job losses, financial...
Do Interventions Really Work?
As a highly trained and experienced professional interventionist, my job is to work closely with families to get loved ones suffering...
"Bumper Sticker" Recovery: Best Way to Stay Sober in Pandemic Times
With this unprecedented, world-wide situation comes an increased likelihood of relapse. The wisdom of my long-term recovery tells me that...
Isolation Is Our Enemy: How to Stay Sober in the Coronavirus Pandemic
What do we do to protect our recovery when the whole world goes mad over toilet paper? When everything changes so suddenly on such a...
Spiritual Life of Children & Addiction: Are They Connected?
This is the first in a series of blog articles on spiritual development in children. As an addiction specialist, family therapist and a...
Addiction & the Family: Why Forgiveness Is So Hard
This is the second in a series of blogs about the effects of substance abuse on family relationships. Addiction is a family disease and...
Addiction & the Family: Why the Hate & Anger?
This is the first in a series of blogs about the effects of substance abuse on family relationships. Addiction is a family disease and...
Do the Families of Addicts Need to "Recover" Too?
Most families I work with have had a long, hard struggle helping their loved one decide to get sober and seek treatment. Many of them...
