My first lesson in addiction began the day I made that commitment to help my son the minute I learned of his troubles. Though I repeatedly was introduced to the lesson, it took me a long time before I was in a position to truly understand and learn it. That first lesson is both powerful […]
If love were the only missing ingredient toward the solutions in our challenges, life would be much simpler. Having spent countless hours over the past few years speaking with parents about their child’s addiction and the crazy, insane, and bizarre experiences relating to it, one thing is for certain these parents love their children. When […]
“Dad, Brandon’s in jail.” Nothing had prepared me much for that little bombshell. In this story, Brandon is my youngest son and was 21 at the time I got the call. That phone call was a significant life-altering experience. It was one of those moments that instantly delivered a life-changing disruption to my sense of […]
“When I held my little miracle in my arms for the very first time, I rubbed my cheek on his fuzzy head and whispered, ‘Joey, my beautiful son, I will love and protect you for as long as I live.’ I didn’t know then that my baby would become an addict before becoming an adult, […]
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ~ Richie Norton Happiness is a choice. We have the freedom to choose how we feel about anything; and, we have the ability to control […]
