An Addict In Our Son’s Bedroom

On Friday at 9am Alex closes on his house. Sometimes I find my fingers striking keys on this keyboard that I never dreamed would be strung...

On May 1st I posted about Urban Outfitters selling prescription drug themed merchandise and asking them to discontinue this line of product...

Here is an interesting video of facts concerning drug abuse and pregnancy. I am not endorsing the rehab center attached but I thought the st...

The Partnership at Drugfree.org has posted another one of my essays on their website. Feel free to check it out. From Discovery To Recover...

Effective today, June 10, 2013 Alex is no longer under ANY government control. He has met and satisfied all probation (early) and he is no l...

It's been almost a month since I last wrote. I think this has been the longest I have ever gone without posting, please forgive me. I ha...

In the past I have solicited questions from readers they want answered. I think it is time to do that again. In a comment a mother asked a c...

Just a little catch up about my recent experience with schools, one a high school and one a university. Last Friday I spoke to seven class...

It has been so busy around our house it is hard to see daylight let alone update this blog. The busy has been of our own creation and work i...

Urban Outfitters has introduced a new line of products, see pic. Drinking glasses, shot glasses can koozies and stuff to resemble presc...

This Friday, May 3 I will again be speaking at Shawnee Mission West High School. Anyone interested contact me. Another mother dealing with...

I just saw the stats on my blog and it said my last post I Need Help  was my 500th post. "What a long strange trip it's been!"...

It ain't over till it's over. I got a comment from a mother last night and I commented back to her. But I need help. Please share ...

I have been ask to be a guest on a HuffPost live show event tomorrow 4/17 about addiction. The host is Alicia Menendez. http://live.huffingt...

At times I find myself talking and thinking about addiction as an actual thing not as a condition or disease. I think of it in a first perso...

Today Alex turns 25 years old. I know none of you are watching me write this but I'll share a little writers inside secret. After I wr...

More than a couple weeks ago I got an e-mail from a mother telling me about her son. Similar situations that we have all experienced. She ha...

Over the course of this blog there has been thousands of words put to screen by me, not including thousands more by commenter's. I have ...

The Partnership at Drugfree.org has published another one of my essays. Regular readers will recognize this one about Does Relapse Mean Fail...

Yesterday I received an e-mail from a parent just as I do most days. I am so glad today that I posted my e-mail on our blog long ago. I neve...