Posts by Brad

2020 checklist (stress, uncertainty, pressure, COVID -19, retrenchments, narcissism, addiction, binge drinking…..) the list goes on. Surviving 2020 didn’t seem possible without some type of crutch, right?. Whether it be a substance or a behavior, addiction/alcoholism creeps in through the cracks, unnoticed, DENIAL, JUSTIFICATION. After all 2020 provided coping mechanisms that just seemed and felt right as collectively we...

“if the pain of staying the same is greater than the fear of change, change will occur”. Make sense? Yes, addiction is a painful process for both the addict and the ones that have to watch this unfold before their very eyes. Family members, work colleagues and friends ask “WHY! why don’t you just change you have so much going for” or “do it for your family, your kids or to save your job”....

To understand “addiction” is just as important to understand the recovery process. As an Addictions Counsellor I often am met with questions as to what addiction means. What has caused addiction and will it ever just seize to exist in a person? Does a person have to remain in recovery for ever?. To establish if addiction is relevant to to a persons life, factors like “Loss of Control” (financially, relationship...