Families

It’s an illness that at different times seems to respond to everything and nothing. As in ‘everything works for someone, and nothing works for everyone.’

The addicted brain is unable to accurately evaluate the situation.

This isn’t a problem a physician can deal with comfortably in the context of a 12-15 minute office visit.

It was as if he were speaking my story- different people, same ending.

That’s the mystery: Not why some people become addicted to certain substances, but why others do not.

There’s a lag between the onset of an addictive disorder and arrival in treatment.

He perceives it as gradual when in reality it’s progressing rather quickly.

Treatment is a formative time for a recovering addict—the ideas that seem to save us end up staying with us.

Rehab isn’t intended to effect a cure for someone’s addiction. We don’t have a cure for anybody’s addiction.

The terms of agreement that emerge from an intervention must be the right terms, likely to result in success and amenable to all parties.