Addiction is a chronic, neurological brain disease that requires on-going, individualized treatment. One of the most important aspects of addiction treatment is helping the patient come to an acceptance of addiction as a chronic disease and providing them the tools to manage it long-term. When...
Mindfulness is a buzz word that we all hear nowadays…however, mindfulness has been around forever, literally forever! My mindfulness journey started 13 years ago when I was living in New York City, and could not afford to take yoga classes at a fancy studio. So,...
The recovery rates for physicians, attorneys, nurses and pilots are significantly higher compared to the general recovering population. Robert Dupont's longitudinal study of 16 physician’s health programs identified the common eight essential elements responsible for their significantly higher long-term recovery rates. The eight essential elements...
Sitting with uncomfortable feelings is hard for all of us, this is why they are called “uncomfortable feelings"... they’re not comfortable. Western society views these uncomfortable feelings as “bad”, yet, these “bad” feelings are completely normal. Some of us go to great lengths to escape...