HOPE = Hang On, Pain Ends

HOPE has many acronyms and it is true that hope never abandons us - we give up, lose hope. We abandon hope forgetting that pain ends.  It is why adolescents commit suicide when they have so much to live for.  They simply forget that pain ends and find a permanent solution to a temporary problem.  

As for me, I often try to spare others the pain that I had to endure to get sober and to reclaim my life.  It was my sponsor who said, "Why should you spare others the pain that has taught you so much, that has given you life, and has given you unending hope?"  She was right.

Life today!!

March coincides with the 3rd Step and the principle behind the Third Step is faith.  Faith is not just belief, but trust.  Trust.  The hardest thing in an intervention is establishing trust because trust is earned through experience so how do I instill trust - by being real, really real.

Adolescent Marijuana Use and Aubse

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Uncertain Effects of Marijuana

Many young clients and the parents of these young marijuana users do not realize the permanent and semi-permanent damage to the adolescent brain. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/03/03/283545932/evidence-on-marijuanas-health-effects-is-hazy-at-best

Five Alive

March - the month of faith