While families are often in a position to encourage a loved one to get treatment, they are generally sidelined with inadequate inaccurate information, support and resources. Though many persons with addiction do not have healthy families to lean upon, the minimal...
EP 17 Blog Post How to Find Help for Addiction The Emergency Department is the fastest route to treatment. Those needing treatment typically don’t want to go to the Emergency Department; they want direct admission to a rehab program. Unfortunately it can...
Guest Interviewer extraordinaire Amanda guides the conversation as son and father describe the pursuit of addiction recovery as a family. We hear many stories from persons recovering, and a few stories of families recovering from the impact of addiction. For the first...
Today’s guest is the remarkable Ms. Casie Fariello, the Co-Founder and CEO of an exciting online parent support organization called Other Parents Like Me; or OPLM. We’ll be talking about the impact of parenting a child with addiction; and how Casie found her path to...
This is Linda’s story; so sad yet powerful testimony for the need to involve families in addiction treatment, and what happens when families are not involved/supported. Which is ALWAYS. We can and we MUST do better. How do you help your partner when you’re...
