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Oh my grief by MaryBeth Cichocki
“Now he is gone, and I’m told I have to accept and go on. How does a mother learn to accept the death of her youngest child? There are no magic pills that will make my shattered heart whole again,” wrote MaryBeth Cichocki in her 2015 post, Coping With a Son’s Death by Drug Overdose.…
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What to Say to Someone With a Drinking Problem
What to say to someone with a drinking problem? Where to begin! If you’re reading this post, you have likely been hurt, frustrated, concerned, angered, and/or scared by a loved one’s drinking. You’ve likely tried talking, yelling, cajoling, negotiating, looking the other way, believing their promise(s) to stop or cut down, but so far, nothing’s…
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Lisa Frederiksen
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Lisa is the author of hundreds of articles and 11 books, including "If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!," "Addiction Recovery: What Helps, What Doesn't," and "Secondhand Drinking: the Phenomenon That Affects Millions." She is a national keynote speaker with over 30 years speaking experience, consultant, and founder of BreakingTheCycles.com and SHD Prevention. She has spent more than 15 years studying 21st century brain research in order to write, speak, and consult on range of brain-related topics, including: ACEs, toxic stress, trauma, substance use disorders, secondhand drinking, mental illness, brain development, and addiction treatment and recovery. She is an active member of the ACEs Connection~Resilient Sac Community.
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Alcohol By Volume (ABV) and “Proof” Explained
Alcohol By Volume (ABV) can be very difficult to determine. (Another term you often hear related to ABV is “proof.”) But it’s an important concept to understand in order to stay in control of one’s drinking, which is why I have updated my 2011 post on this topic. I’m updating this post because one of…
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Lisa Frederiksen
Author | Speaker | Consultant | Founder at BreakingTheCycles.com
Lisa is the author of hundreds of articles and 11 books, including "If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!," "Addiction Recovery: What Helps, What Doesn't," and "Secondhand Drinking: the Phenomenon That Affects Millions." She is a national keynote speaker with over 30 years speaking experience, consultant, and founder of BreakingTheCycles.com and SHD Prevention. She has spent more than 15 years studying 21st century brain research in order to write, speak, and consult on range of brain-related topics, including: ACEs, toxic stress, trauma, substance use disorders, secondhand drinking, mental illness, brain development, and addiction treatment and recovery. She is an active member of the ACEs Connection~Resilient Sac Community.
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Why Was His Abuse So Extreme?
“Why was his abuse so extreme?” was the question recently asked by a reader of one of my blog posts. She had described her loved one’s behaviors over the course of several years, a loved one who had a severe alcohol use disorder. His behaviors directed at her were so mean-spirited, despicable, and twisted, and…
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Lisa Frederiksen
Author | Speaker | Consultant | Founder at BreakingTheCycles.com
Lisa is the author of hundreds of articles and 11 books, including "If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!," "Addiction Recovery: What Helps, What Doesn't," and "Secondhand Drinking: the Phenomenon That Affects Millions." She is a national keynote speaker with over 30 years speaking experience, consultant, and founder of BreakingTheCycles.com and SHD Prevention. She has spent more than 15 years studying 21st century brain research in order to write, speak, and consult on range of brain-related topics, including: ACEs, toxic stress, trauma, substance use disorders, secondhand drinking, mental illness, brain development, and addiction treatment and recovery. She is an active member of the ACEs Connection~Resilient Sac Community.
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Emotional Sobriety – Guest Author Kate Adermann
Emotional sobriety vs. just abstinence is a significant piece to one’s success in “living” their lives in recovery from alcohol or other drug addictions (substance use disorders). As today’s guest author, Kate Adermann, explains, “[t]he only thing worse than being caught up in active addiction is to live an abstinent life without having emotional sobriety.” …
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Step Back & Embrace Recovery
For so long we had been so obsessively preoccupied with our son, trying to “fix” him, trying to save him, trying to show him how...
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Children’s Books to Help Talk About Trauma | ACEs
"Do you know of any children's books to help talk about trauma | ACEs?" asked one of the attendees at a recent presentation I gave. It was titled, Building Resilience Through Understanding Substance Use Disorder and It's Impacts on Others. It was one in a series of three talks I'm giving on this topic. In this case it was for the San Joaquin County Office of Education and the San Joaquin County Children’s Services Coordinating Commission.
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Lisa Frederiksen
Author | Speaker | Consultant | Founder at BreakingTheCycles.com
Lisa is the author of hundreds of articles and 11 books, including "If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!," "Addiction Recovery: What Helps, What Doesn't," and "Secondhand Drinking: the Phenomenon That Affects Millions." She is a national keynote speaker with over 30 years speaking experience, consultant, and founder of BreakingTheCycles.com and SHD Prevention. She has spent more than 15 years studying 21st century brain research in order to write, speak, and consult on range of brain-related topics, including: ACEs, toxic stress, trauma, substance use disorders, secondhand drinking, mental illness, brain development, and addiction treatment and recovery. She is an active member of the ACEs Connection~Resilient Sac Community.
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Recovery Success Stories
There is Hope, There is a Solution Living with addiction, whether it is your own burden to bear or a loved one’s, can feel hopeless...
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For Parents of Drug Addicts
Anyone that has had the experience of having a drug addict in their lives can tell you that it is an extremely difficult challenge to...
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Eating Disorders and ACEs | #ComeAsYouAre
Understanding the connection between eating disorders and ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) formed the basis of the final stage of my bulimia recovery. The #ComeAsYouAre hashtag on Instagram shared in this post title was part of the National Eating Disorders Association’s (NEAD) 2019 Eating Disorders Awareness Week. As NEAD explained its objective, For us, Come as…
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Lisa Frederiksen
Author | Speaker | Consultant | Founder at BreakingTheCycles.com
Lisa is the author of hundreds of articles and 11 books, including "If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!," "Addiction Recovery: What Helps, What Doesn't," and "Secondhand Drinking: the Phenomenon That Affects Millions." She is a national keynote speaker with over 30 years speaking experience, consultant, and founder of BreakingTheCycles.com and SHD Prevention. She has spent more than 15 years studying 21st century brain research in order to write, speak, and consult on range of brain-related topics, including: ACEs, toxic stress, trauma, substance use disorders, secondhand drinking, mental illness, brain development, and addiction treatment and recovery. She is an active member of the ACEs Connection~Resilient Sac Community.
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Getting Sober While Also Grieving
It’s difficult to imagine trying to get sober from substance use disorder while also grieving the loss of a beloved parent. Grief, in and of itself, can be overwhelming and difficult to move through. But to also be treating a sever substance order at the same — having to turn away from the “thing” that…
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What is Al-Anon & Why is it Necessary?
Dealing with a loved one’s alcoholism can be extremely difficult and doing it alone with no guidance is even harder. There are myriad problems that...
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Parenting With ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
Parenting with ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) can be devastatingly hard for both the parent and the child. The Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco has launched a new blog for parents who are parenting with ACEs as part of its StressHealth.org initiative. But First – a Bit About ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences Background…
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Lisa Frederiksen
Author | Speaker | Consultant | Founder at BreakingTheCycles.com
Lisa is the author of hundreds of articles and 11 books, including "If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!," "Addiction Recovery: What Helps, What Doesn't," and "Secondhand Drinking: the Phenomenon That Affects Millions." She is a national keynote speaker with over 30 years speaking experience, consultant, and founder of BreakingTheCycles.com and SHD Prevention. She has spent more than 15 years studying 21st century brain research in order to write, speak, and consult on range of brain-related topics, including: ACEs, toxic stress, trauma, substance use disorders, secondhand drinking, mental illness, brain development, and addiction treatment and recovery. She is an active member of the ACEs Connection~Resilient Sac Community.
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We Didn’t Know
We didn’t know what was going to happen. We didn’t know if our son would leave New Life House in the middle of the night,...
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What Children of Addiction Need to Know | COA Awareness Week
What children of addiction need to know is that it’s not their fault. To that end, NACoA is celebrating Children of Addiction Awareness Week (COA Week) February 10 – 16 this year. A 501 (c)(3) Membership Organization, the National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA) has been working for over 30 years “to eliminate the […]
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Lisa Frederiksen
Author | Speaker | Consultant | Founder at BreakingTheCycles.com
Lisa is the author of hundreds of articles and 11 books, including "If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!," "Addiction Recovery: What Helps, What Doesn't," and "Secondhand Drinking: the Phenomenon That Affects Millions." She is a national keynote speaker with over 30 years speaking experience, consultant, and founder of BreakingTheCycles.com and SHD Prevention. She has spent more than 15 years studying 21st century brain research in order to write, speak, and consult on range of brain-related topics, including: ACEs, toxic stress, trauma, substance use disorders, secondhand drinking, mental illness, brain development, and addiction treatment and recovery. She is an active member of the ACEs Connection~Resilient Sac Community.
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Truth With Love
In the months following my son’s first year of sobriety and graduation from New Life House, what resounds most clearly for me is the peace...
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Emotional Drinking vs Alcoholism – Guest Author Georgia Foster
Emotional drinking vs alcoholism – is there a difference? This is the topic of today’s guest author, Georgia Foster. As Georgia explains, there are many reasons people drink and not all who drink too much are alcoholics, a fact I explain in my post, “Is It Alcoholism? – How Can You Tell?” People who have not crossed […]
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