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Dr Nathan Lavid

The Neuroscience of Addiction
By Dr Nathan Lavid

On September 12, 2012 By maryann
For the past five years, I have had the privilege of being one of the treatment team members at New Found Life and provide psychiatric consultations for patients.  There are many psychiatric conditions, such as depression, that may prompt an individual to find relief with alcohol or drugs of abuse, and evaluation and treating these [...]
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Lou’s Story by William C. Moyers

On September 12, 2012 By maryann
For every Charlie Sheen, there is a Louis Gossett Jr. Except that Gossett’s got what Sheen doesn’t: an Oscar, an Emmy and a profound respect for people in recovery, including himself. I recently had a chance to hear Gossett tell his story at a Hazelden event in Naples, Fla. For an actor who has been [...]
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Hazelden

Achieving Healthy Friendships: A Lifeline to Sobriety

On September 12, 2012 By maryann
There is an old song that goes “Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold.” While those words work well when sung around a campfire, the reality is that we can’t “When I was using, it was very clear who my friends were; they were the people I could [...]
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Wash Your Mouth Out

On September 12, 2012 By maryann
I’ve been involved in a conversation at my recovery meetings concerning foul or dirty language; language that, until recently, nobody would use in the presence of their parents or any children. It seems to me that language at meetings is deteriorating, especially the use of the “F”word,”MF”or”SofaB”.  It has become an equal opportunity practice, [...]
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Zero Tolerance for Untreated Addiction

On September 7, 2012 By maryann
Once we decide that untreated addiction is as unacceptable as drunk driving, we will begin addressing addiction differently. Imagine a time when it will be unthinkable not to intervene when someone we love becomes alcoholic or addicted to other drugs. Ignoring a friend or relative’s problem will feel as wrong as handing the car [...]
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Spirituality

On September 7, 2012 By maryann
I was at New Found Life’s Family Forum and Ed Spatola reached over and asked me, “Spirituality is an aspect of therapy. Yes?” “Indeed” I replied. “Because therapy and spirituality are both about healing.  Indeed, therapy is an aspect of spirituality.” That was the conversation that led me to write this article.  All things that [...]
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Jerry Moe

Changing the Family Legacy

On September 7, 2012 By maryann
by Jerry Moe A long-held tenet in the treatment and recovery worlds is that alcoholism and other drug addictions are a family disease. Everyone in the family, including children, gets hurt by this cunning, powerful, and baffling illness. All too often it becomes a family legacy that gets passed from generation to generation. Where does [...]
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Address: Long Beach, CA
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Established 1993