We work with people who either have a propensity to mental illness, which is triggered, or already have a mental illness, which is worsened, by drug use. With today’s drugs, we see such powerful changes in brain chemistry that mental illness results, even without...
What do addictions have in common? The addict is always chasing the high. One of our colleagues in the Addiction world, Chana (pronounced “Hana,” like the road to Hana, Hawaii) Carro, is a licensed independent Substance Abuse Counselor with over 24 years’...
We’ve been sharing thoughts on addiction in general and the relationship to spirituality or lack of spiritual connection. It’s a very personal journey. There could be a family with many children. All are doing well except one, to the dismay of everyone in this...
As a Psychiatrist and addictionist, Vernon spent many years working in the worlds of Medicine, Metaphysics, and science, and also in the worlds of emotions and Psychology. In our last blog, we described an addict as someone trying to fill a hole in himself with...
Alcoholism and other addictions are significant treatment challenges. The addicted person may think, “How am I going to deal with this pain that’s driving me?” It’s usually not a conscious process. Pain is the driver. As the pain is driving the person, he or she is...
We’ve had some fantastic discussions with colleagues on different aspects of consciousness and mind and their ability to be restorative to our health, to be allies for our well-being. We can bring together a sense of wholeness that is based on spiritual,...
