An Addict In Our Son’s Bedroom

Everyone seems to have before bed rituals. For most they are personal. Seems for most people they do not change no matter where you are; on ...

Yesterday, March 7, 2017 my sister passed away. She was diagnosed with uterine cancer in July, 2016. My sister was named after my father, ...

Again, I get an email from a teacher asking if I have time to speak with his classes about my story. Every school I visit the teachers tel...

Another mom with a son in recovery has decided to blog about her experience parenting and addict. Please take a moment to visit and offer ...

Yesterday I got to sit on an uncomfortable bench in a noisy gymnasium to watch our oldest daughter graduate from Baker University with h...

I received an email from Paul that runs several Recovery Blogs in the United Kingdom. Again this year "An Addict In Our Son's Bedro...

It's Friday evening and time to decompress. A week of speaking to students can be emotional draining. For old broken knees like mine sta...

It's Thursday and I just finished 3 presentations today to students at Basehor Linwood High School. On Wednesday I did one presentation ...

I have a week of speaking engagements coming up. The week of Nov. 14 I am speaking all five days at 3 different schools. On Monday I am sp...

Got an email notifying me that "An Addict In Our Son's Bedroom" has been recognized by www.portofcall.com as one of the best 2...

I have been ask again to speak at the "Johnson County Resort." If you are a long time reader you know why I have renamed the ins...

Last week I visited a friend and my mentor. He was 98 years old on Sept. 11. I met this person nearly 30 years ago. I was just a little p...

Yesterday my mom passed away. She was 86 years old and suffering from dementia.  On August 1st she was moved into a nursing home. It beca...

Just a quick note to my previous post about the father who had a sign in his yard about his daughter. He called me and we talked for a 15-20...

(please click on pic to read the sign) On my way to the lake today I took a different route through Sedalia, MO. It's a bit longe...

This is a post from a year ago I feel that is worth repeating. On this Father's Day there are a lot of us that have lost our fathers, ...

Six years ago in May and June of 2010 we were discovering how deep our son's addiction had progressed. We were in shock and after the sh...

Last Fathers Day I wrote a message about those that have lost their father as I had so long ago. Not to ignore those mothers that ha...

I've reached that magical age of 60 where I am allowed, or expected to be that crotchety old guy in the neighborhood. Yelling at kids, g...

This is a very good clip from a mother who lost her son to a heroin overdose. It doesn't matter how famous you are, or rich, or poor a...