by Intuitive Digital | Oct 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
It was brought to my attention last night that Tennessee is proposing a new law that will make drug use during pregnancy an offense for the mother if she doesn’t seek treatment. After reading the law, learning more about Tennessee’s governor, and reading some of the...
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
This is a reprint of a message I wrote to one of my brothers who worked at the treatment center I attended, from my personal page. “I remember coming to NARA and one of the guys gave me a bunch of nylon dress socks because he had been given white socks. I was so...
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Society talks about the drug epidemic, or the drug problem. Providers share how to pick the right treatment, or what constitutes good treatment. What is ever discussed about what constitutes good recovery? I got into a discussion with some clients the other day about...
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
We are not a sociological entity, although sociologists find us fascinating. We are not a therapy group, although remarkable healing takes place among us. And we are not a religion, even though some people want to see us as such … We are a spiritual entity.” May 2006...
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
As quoted from Dr. Judson Brewer MD/PhD, who has created a smoking cessation program based on mindfulness, following the quote from Buddha, I also put Dr. Brewer’s interpretation. The reason I share this is I think it is amazing when I apply this to my own life (and...
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
There will be more than 40,000 U.S. deaths from drug overdose this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and another 300,000 emergency room visits for drug and alcohol abuse. The holidays are an especially dangerous time as stress levels run high....
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Compassionate Interventions would like to embrace our new website by sending out some information you might find helpful regarding drug and alcohol use. Dangers of Prescription Opiate Use A December (2008) article in US News and World Reports validated what I had been...
by Tanis Hayden | Oct 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
I did an interview about a year ago with Online Recovery Support. Please access their website and use their search box to access Episode 5. Furthermore, pass this on to your friends. I want people who are struggling with addiction and the people affected by those...
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
I want to reflect on addiction and the effects to the social system of the addicted individual. Many people use alcohol and/or drugs and claim to not have a problem. Possibly because they only do it on the weekend. However, any pattern of a certain behavior is an...
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today I heard a gentleman speak on family involvement in the treatment process. It is so important to involve the family in the treatment of an addict. Family Involvement At Compassionate Interventions This is one area that Compassionate Interventions historically has...
