If you hang around the barber shop long enough you’re gonna get a haircut. This is usually meant to say the addict is headed for relapse, hanging around drug related people, places, and things. Why do you think the above “Barbershop” saying has a negative spin? Social scientists have proven that we are highly influenced by others. I invite …
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Michael Herbert
Michael Herbert has been in recovery for over 28 years, and believes that anyone seeking recovery can get it. With recovery we can change the lives of others. Michael works as an addiction counselor and has worked in the field of addiction for almost 3 decades. His education began at the Conifer Park Training Institute, with a thirteen-month …
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Michael Herbert
You are reminded in some self help groups that Alcohol is a drug. Seventy percent of addicts and eighty five percent of alcoholics smoke. Wow, talk about addiction. Treatment programs talk about a holistic approach for recovery. They use a medical model, but they allow smoking. One of the excuses is “lets take care of …
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Michael Herbert
My son began smoking pot in middle school when he was fourteen. His grades started declining and he became lethargic and had no interest in anything. He got caught smoking pot in the tenth grade and was expelled. His father and myself decided to send him to a prep school. His situation got worse as he …
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Michael Herbert
Stigma around addiction remains. Society still looks down upon addicts. There are those who see addicts as the bottom of the barrel, weak willed and choosing to ruin their lives. The stigma prevents some from getting help. Others do see them selves as, inferior, worthless and hopeless. Addicts and alcoholics are not bad people. Their behavior can be bizarre, …
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Michael Herbert
To start let’s talk about treatment and what treatment offers. Treatment offers stabilization for the addict and alcoholic in the acute phase of addiction. Most addicts and alcoholics can stay clean and sober during a detox or inpatient treatment, there are some exceptions. Addiction is that “thing” takes over and even in the best conditions …
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Michael Herbert
My names is James C, I’m an alcoholic who happens to be of African American descent. My experience coming into alcoholics anonymous is similar to most other African Americans in that there was the fear of not being accepted and being judged on the color of my skin not the content of my character. Just …
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Michael Herbert
