“You got no chance, but use it” ~ movie title by Werner Herzog Alcoholism is not about the type of substance used, be it powder, pill, or liquid. It doesn’t matter how it’s done.   The ism is about being a stranger to planet earth, ill-equipped to care for the body given, ignorant to what [...]

By Mel Pohl, M.D. I just left a group of pain clients at Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC). I have the same experience on a daily basis — that of being amazed at the process of Pain Recovery that clients experience while they are in treatment. Over the last five years, I have had the [...]

By Kristina Diener Addict, from the Latin addictare – “to call forth.” Oh, those Romans. And those emperors. Who knew? In the days of that Empire, the Gladiators would fight to the death and whoever won chose a slave. They “called forth” their victim, thereby claiming the poor soul as their personal property or slave, [...]

Anyone who has worked with people with addictions and particularly challenging mental health issues, such as eating disorders – if he or she is being honest – will tell you that frustration is a familiar companion on the journey to recovery…or relapse, as the case may often be. This frustration arises when you and your [...]

A new narcotics threat has emerged in recent years under the name bath salts. In truth, this narcotic is anything but what its name describes. A far cry from the water-soluble, inorganic solid products designed to be added to a bath to improve cleaning and act as a cosmetic agent, bath salts in the world [...]

Commentary by Dr. Judi Hollis It was the president! Holding his hand over the headset, the ensign at the nursing station turned white. We all gathered around to see what would happen. President Nixon was calling. The sailor turned to his superior officer urgently: “The President is asking to talk to Senator Talmadge. What do [...]

When the movie, The Secret, debuted, it generated instant buzz. Everyone wanted to know more and more about this Law of Attraction concept. The idea is that everything is made up of energy, and since energy vibrates, that means everything that exists actually vibrates whether you can view it or not. All thoughts, beliefs and [...]