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...]
A conversation with Bobby Ward, clinical supervisor at UAMS
By David Palmer I’ve known Bobby Ward for most of his 20 years of sobriety and have been entertained and enlightened at recovery meetings over the years by his story, which he delivers with self-deprecating humor illuminated by a megawatt smile. So it was with great anticipation that I drove over to the UAMS Psychiatric Hospital to pay him a visit. Bobby, who has since left the hospital for another job, was a clinical director for substance abuse treatment and directed the chemical dependence … [Read more...]
Nurses in Recovery
Nurses in recovery. A new book on prescription drug abuse From Unbecoming a Nurse to Overcoming Addiction By Paula Davies Scimeca, RN, MS Sea Meca, Inc. $19.95 “One day after having been up all night getting high,” a registered nurse writes in her testimony in Paula Scimeca’s book, From Unbecoming a Nurse to Overcoming Addiction, “I got ready for work in the wee hours of the morning. I took my shower, ironed my uniform and walked to work. “Mid-morning that day, I was passing medications. I … [Read more...]
For homeless veterans The Drop-In Day Treatment Center offers a step up
“We put homeless veterans first.” That’s the welcoming slogan of Little Rock’s Drop-in Day Treatment Center on Second Street. Estella Morris, a diminutive manager with an easy smile and a quiet authority, presides over the Center which offers meals, shelter, medical care and a leg up in the world to those veterans willing to play by the rules. Ninety percent of the 50 or more veterans who visit the facility every day (95 percent are men) have an addiction to alcohol or other drugs, which … [Read more...]
After struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Ex-Combat Marine dedicates life to helping others
Ex-Marine and Vietnam War Veteran Bob G. is the unofficial face of Recovery Central, a new Little Rock facility for 12-Step meetings, mainly Narcotics Anonymous. An alcoholic and former methamphetamine addict, Bob sponsors more people than he can count. And he does it by the book (See The Narcotics Anonymous Step Working Guides and Working Step Four in Narcotics Anonymous). When Bob G. is your sponsor, you can figure you’re going to spend a year working with him on the steps. And you’re going … [Read more...]
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