Addiction Conference, Opioid Treatment, Early Recovery
The ASAM Conference: The 51st Annual Conference: Innovations in Addiction Medicine and Science. Executive Home Detox will once again be attending and exhibiting at the ASAM conference this year. EHD has been an attendee to the ASAM conference going back…
As Another Bill Sees it, Musings….
Sobriety for an alcoholic or addict is not possible without healthy connections. Trust is a two-way street. We expect the person suffering from an addictive disease to be upfront about their use, to be truthful. We rarely ask ourselves, why…
Not Leaving Las Vegas
The film starring Nicholas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas, about a chronic alcoholic who makes a decision to drink himself to death is a lasting impression about Las Vegas, Nevada and the futility of alcohol treatment. I’m not leaving Las Vegas,…
Psychological Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
Psychological Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms; Physical symptoms and emotional symptoms. A person dependent on alcohol will have physical withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms were pretty well covered in a previous post and we can revisit them. I wanted to talk about other symptoms…
A Lesson Learned: Never Give up Hope
Are some cases hopeless, or should we always have hope? Sandy was coming in again. She was being admitted to the dual diagnosis unit at the psychiatric hospital where I was employed. I knew Sandy well. She had thirty-eight (38)…
Hope for Everyone
A well known actress has “tweeted” her fans to acknowledge she has failed a drug test, thus violating terms of probation. A well known celebrity has made a plea deal to avoid jail or prison time for her recent escapades…
A Harmless Commercial or a Menacing Message?
Thank God for Beer commercials. They pay the networks big money who then pay Sports leagues to carry their games. We get to watch these sporting events “free”. A series of beer commercials that is getting a lot of play,…
No News is often Good News
There have recently been a few celebrity related news items related to the use of drugs (cocaine) and alcohol. Human nature (and paparazzi) dictate the high demand for news about self-destructive behavior. However, we, the public, are less interested when…
As Another Bill Sees It: God and Recovery
A passage in the book, “As Bill Sees it”, is attributed to him stating “When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God’s hands were better than anything we could…