A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery How to heal the underlying causes How to end relapse How to end suffering By Chris Prentiss Power Press, $15.95 Chris Prentiss, who operates a pricey treatment center in Malibu called Passages, has been running numerous spots on TV urging people to buy his book, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure. Concerned about what seemed to be extravagant claims inherent in the title, I bought the book on Amazon and settled down for a read. My conclusion? It’s … [Read more...]
From the jungles of Vietnam to rescue at Delancey Street
The Reverend James M. Lamb, clinical supervisor over substance abuse treatment at Varner Prison in Grady, Arkansas, and at one time associated with San Francisco county jails and San Quentin state prison in California, discovered alcohol and drugs when he was 15. They took control of him for the next 29 years. Lamb, who wrote, “The Power to Change,” a book about addiction and recovery, is writing a second book, “The Revelation of Power,” focusing on biblical tools for recovery along … [Read more...]
X-Rated to G-Rated Lifestyle
An autobiography by Kandi Rose Shepherds Rose Publishing The message on my e-mail on a late August morning read in part, “I’m a former stripper and prostitute who had multiple addictions and once owned my own Strip-O-Gram business in the Chicago area.” It sought my public support for her autobiography, “X-Rated to G-Rated Life Style” and concluded, “whatever your answer, I will take as God’s will.” It was signed “Kandi Rose.” Kandi, who operates a Thrift Store in a small Arkansas town, had … [Read more...]
Still carrying the message … a new home for the Wolfe Street Center
In the fall of 1982, the newly-formed Wolfe Street Foundation, founded in Little Rock by Joe McQuany, Gene Walter and Bert Jones, leased an ex-funeral home at 1210 Wolfe Street and opened it up for meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon. Now more than 30 years later, the beloved but creaky old building on Wolfe Street has been sold to Children’s Hospital and retired. By providing meeting rooms, educational and prevention programs and just a place to go for those seeking recovery, it has, … [Read more...]
Drinking: A Love Story
Drinking: A Love Story By Caroline Knapp Freelance journalist Caroline Knapp began drinking in her early teens and continued unabatedly until she "hit bottom" in 1995 and checked herself into a rehab at the age of 36. During that time she managed to graduate with honors from Brown and have a successful career as a journalist, and few people suspected she had a problem with the bottle. Here she recounts the years of denial that helped her rationalize the blackouts, innumerable hangovers, … [Read more...]
