24. Adolescence and Substance Use- Things to Know as They Go Back to School

On August 1, 2023, Minnesota becomes the 23rd state to legalize recreational cannabis use. This podcast will dissect and review all of the direct and nuanced parts of the new legislation from how the ...

29 Jul 20231h 1min

Ralph: Growing up in the wards in New Orleans, Ralph noted that getting drugs where he grew up was as easy as driving through a McDonalds. He shares with us his journey from a violence-filled, drug-fi...

27 Jul 202357min

Boundary setting is not only important in everyday life, but it is especially important when a loved one has a substance use disorder. Although setting boundaries may seem like a 'tough love' approach...

25 Jul 202344min

Families and loved ones may struggle with many things during their loved one's substance use disorder (SUD): the cycle of active use, treatments, lapses/relapses, recovery and more. There are not alwa...

19 Jul 202333min

Part 3 of Cravings and Triggers! Now that we know what triggers are and what cravings are, we will help make it all make sense! We will put more concrete examples to triggers and cravings that will fu...

15 Jul 202354min

Part 2 of the Cravings and Triggers Series! This episode will describe the 'Addictive Process'. We will walk you through the introductory phase, the maintenance phase, the disenchantment phase and, fi...

13 Jul 202344min

Cravings and Triggers are a very large part of addiction and recovery; however, they can be very confusing to understand, especially for family, friends, loved ones and the support system of the perso...

11 Jul 202345min

It is not un-common for individuals who are in recovery to struggle going to weddings, graduations, holidays or other events where there will be a lot of people and/or a lot of celebrating. It is a s...

6 Jul 202339min