Addiction Clinicians

It’s not so much that the client is unable to grasp the info as he or she is easily discouraged based on a fund of previous negative experiences in school.

Having a judge or a parole officer holding the big stick on them may be enough to get them into treatment, but it’s usually not enough motivation to get them beyond the minimum of compliance.

The family is operating under the misconception that folks in their town don’t know, when they already do.

Rapid severe weight loss combined with heavy drinking is a formula for lasting difficulties.

It isn’t so much that we can’t address these barriers, it’s that all too often, we lack the tools.

We mobilize legions to deal with them: Judges, law enforcement, parole officers, counselors, teachers, case managers, but their problems persist.

Those first few days in detox can be interesting!

We want to make sure the alcoholic person learns the right lesson from experience.

You can be firm and still leave room for someone in authority to make an exception.

Some clients are so cooperative they’ll do just about anything… except stop drinking.