Your child’s recovery is none of your business! A pretty harsh way to start a blog conversation. The more I learn about addiction, recovery, parenting and all the dynamics associated with the struggle, the more I am committed to this statement. Now that I have your attention, let me expand… Your child’s recovery is none […]
In a recent parent coaching session, we were examining ways to interrupt the current triggering exchanges between the parent and addicted child. We were having this discussion because the parent had come to recognize the patterns in their exchanges and the toxic impact they were having on both. In last week’s blog and podcast, I […]
I have now been on the road with this Cycling for Recovery campaign over four weeks. At this point on the trip, the Cycling for Recovery van has traversed 5000 miles, I have cycled over 1000 miles. I have been in eleven states and have slept in twenty-two different rooms (thank goodness for multiple nights […]
As I was riding my bike along the Natchez Trace Parkway between Florence, AL and Tupelo, MS, I found myself thinking about my son. He is going to be thirty in a few months. He has been battling his heroin addiction for around ten years. As I am currently on the road with the Cycling […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/theaddictionconversation/Looking_forward_010217.mp3 “No matter how dark the present appears, I choose to live for the promise of the future…” This was the first quote I celebrated as I completed my first 100Pedals bike ride on January 1, 2011. It has been six years since I made the decision that my life, despite the chaos of my […]
