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Chocoholic
At a listening session on the teenage brain and drug use, Dr. Ken Winters started by asking the audience, “How many of you love chocolate?” Many raise their hands in amusement. “How many of you would consider yourself a chocoholic — you gotta have it?” he asked playfully as people raised their hands with a smirk. “How many of you would steal from a convenience store for chocolate?” Silence. “How many of you would leave your toddlers alone in the house while you went out to find chocolate?” “Would you would go to prison for chocolate?” 
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I’m Lovin’ It. From The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
This is great information that so many parents crave as they fear what will happen when their child returns home and ask, “What should we do?” Thank you, Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.
6 Things to Do Before Your Kid Comes Home from Addiction Treatment
Guest Blog: “I want to thrive in life.” Tyler Reitzner
Recognizing National Recovery Month in September, my new friend, Tyler Reitzner generously agreed to write a guest blog with a bit of his story. Tyler works to bring trauma forward as an oft-ignored possible component of addiction. See links below. Thank you, Tyler, for a picture of joy in recovery.
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When It All Aligns. Guest Blog by Treatment Specialist, Ben Bertsch
By the grace of God there comes a moment in the life of a person abusing substances where enough is enough and it’s time to get help. They may say they were sick and tired of being sick and tired. For many it’s as dramatic as choose treatment or die. On the lighter side of a dark situation our son adds, “and I didn’t have anything else going on that day.” It (intervention, legal consequences, a friend’s strong suggestion, desperation, the will to live, an illumination) or all, overlaps to form a moment of clarity. Since we fear what we don’t understand, I thought it might be helpful to have a professional demystify treatment for us.
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