Addiction & Recovery

There are people who relapse after being sober for years, even decades. Others after only weeks or months, and they repeat that backsliding cycle over, and over, and over. Some… Read More »Relapse is a Battle (and a War)

You would think life would be easier than it sometimes seems to be. Unfortunately, we often make it harder on ourselves. Because we make the same mistakes over and over.… Read More »Taking the Right Steps

Many people don’t like to change. But to protect your kids from addiction, you may have to. There have long been misconceptions about addiction that needed to be adjusted. In… Read More »Changing How We Think About Addiction

The little girl was as cute as they come. About 2 years old, she sat up in her stroller laughing and waving at everyone in sight. Her carriage was decorated… Read More »Writing a New Story

I’d never been to a recovery meeting before and didn’t know what to expect, but the crowded room seemed welcoming enough as I slipped into a chair in the back.… Read More »Finding God in Recovery

Every week, I talk to many people about addiction and answer any questions they may have.   The first part of these talks normally goes quickly, because people understand “Why”… Read More »The Answers to Addiction

I just retired after being with one company—IBM—since 1980. For many of those years, I wrestled with alcohol issues until it became unavoidably clear a decade ago that I was… Read More »An Alcoholic at IBM

I’ve always read a lot, partly because there is plenty of useful material out there worth reading. The problem is, most of it remains largely unused by the vast majority… Read More »The Life-Changing Promise of Precovery

When I was first thinking about writing a book, I had a friend—an author—who tried to convince me not to do it: “It’s really hard, it takes a lot of… Read More »How We Can Help Prevent Addiction