Our First Show!
Dr. Joe welcomes his audience reflecting on what he has learned of what works in prevention, intervention, and treatment of addiction while recognizing that more is needed. He then gives an overview of...
View ArticleDealing with Addiction and Chonic Pain
Pain is a natural part of life and inextricably entwined in addiction. For some people severe pain contributes to the development of addiction, while others experience chronic pain subsequent to an...
View ArticleWhy Only One Strategy Of Family Intervention?
Few people know that depending on how you slice the pie of family intervention, there are between 8 and 12 strategies. Drawing from his 35 years in addiction treatment and recovery, Dr. Joe reviews the...
View ArticleTrauma: Why Traditional Principles of Drug Recovery Are Not Enough?
From the impact of war, to the shock of child abuse; the insecurity of feeling degraded by domestic violence, and the rage of being bullied: drug abuse and emotional trauma often overlap. Drug...
View ArticleWho Is an Addict?
Dr. Joe will have as his special guest Dr. Stuart Gitlow, MD, president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). This episode is timely in drawing from Dr. Gitlow’s leadership and...
View ArticleReal Stories of Opioid Addiction and Recovery
As the nation moved past the peak of the methamphetamine epidemic, we found ourselves in an opioid (painkiller) epidemic. The nation has not yet turned the corner on rising rates of death from...
View ArticleTreating Opioid Addiction with Medication
Opiates are derived from the poppy plant. Opioids are drugs that trigger the same brain receptor sites, especially in the pleasure center. Since Purdue Pharmaceutical mischaracterized Oxycontin® as...
View ArticleTrapped On Buprenorphine/naloxone
It is estimated that 1.9 million Americans are addicted to painkillers (opioids), with each having a high risk of death, debilitation, and disability. Since 2002, the therapeutic medication...
View ArticleComfortably Getting Off Painkillers: The ‘Bupe’ Stepdown
With tens of thousands of people dying each year in the United States from opioid (painkiller) addiction, we need to optimize every resource to help extricate people from this trap of brain chemistry....
View ArticleComfortably Getting Off Painkillers: Detox vs The Stepdown
Responding to a number of great inquiries for more information on opioid addiction and the pharmacological supports available today, Dr Joe responds with a follow-up show. He addresses the difference...
View ArticleHow Do Genetics Affect Drug Use and Addiction?
If 100 people use the same amount of the same drug for the first time, why do they all not respond exactly the same? Why do some become hopelessly addicted to nicotine while others quit so easily? Why...
View ArticleAgain: How Do Genetics Affect Drug Use and Addiction?
Genetics and Addiction #2: Back By Popular Demand Many listeners requested more information on genetics and addiction. If 100 people use the same amount of the same drug for the first time, why do they...
View ArticleWhat Is NAADAC And Why Is It Important
The National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors is the largest organization of addiction professionals in the US. The organization represents the interests of 75,000 counselors,...
View ArticleTreating Addiction With Native America Values
In the mid-1930s, a group of people gathered repeatedly to find that by supporting each other in adhering to a common set of values and principles, they could survive addiction only with complete...
View ArticleeTherapy For Addiction Treatment and Intervention
Living in the digital era, like enjoying this radio broadcast over the internet, is revolutionizing the options for addiction treatment and intervention contacts. The world of sober connections has...
View ArticleWho Is And Is Not An Addict?
Many contend that it is too difficult to delineate abuse from addiction to even try to discern the point at which it occurs. But, each person deserves to know if he/she has transitioned from abuse to...
View ArticleHealth Insurance Reimbursement for Addiction: A Look at Benzodiazepines
The health insurance industry was in mad flux before the Affordable Care Act was passed. Now with the Mental Health Parity Act implementation, health care reform, and the increasing digitization of...
View ArticleThe Human River of Emotions, Addiction, and Grief
All addicts suffer pain and loss due to the compulsive behavior patterns. Many have suffered significant loss before the harm of addiction occurred. Either way, addicts have tremendous grief that...
View ArticleSpirituality And Recovery Within a Christian Church
Many people know that 12-Step fellowship is about addiction recovery and spirituality, not religion. But, can religion play a role in the spirituality of addiction recovery? Today we have as our...
View ArticleAddiction Recovery Across the World: United Kingdom
Every day across the world people die from addiction, with no effort 100% effective. Given that none is entirely effective, we who care need to continually reach, grow, learn, and for those who are...
View ArticleInnovations In Addiction Recovery
Every day across the world people die from addiction, with no effort 100% effective. Given that none is entirely effective, we who care need to continually reach, grow, learn, and for those who are...
View ArticleSpirituality And Recovery Within a Christian Church
Starting with the explosion of oxycontin, and with the new pharmacotherapy of buprenorphine slowly replacing methadone, there has been such a rightful focus on opioid addiction. But, there are still...
View ArticleDying To Be Addicted To Stimulants, Part 2: Treatment and Recovery
There are still many lives being shattered by stimulants drugs; primarily cocaine and methamphetamine. Today’s how looks at the current trends, pharmacology, treatment strategies, and issues with a...
View ArticleDying To Be Addicted To Stimulants, Part 3: Challenges in Recovery
There are still many lives being shattered by stimulants drugs; primarily cocaine and methamphetamine. Today’s show looks at the current trends, pharmacology, treatment strategies, and issues with a...
View ArticleSaturating Addiction Recovery With More Oxygen
The body is devastated by drug addiction and medications are only beginning to support continuing recovery, but with risks and side-effects. How can the recovering addict infuse more oxygen into the...
View ArticleMore Responsive Care for Women With Addiction
Some of our audience may assume that since a drug, is a drug, is a drug, and addiction is addiction, that we really do not need to go to the trouble of fine-tuning or adapting addiction treatment for...
View ArticleMore Responsive Care for Women With Addiction: Part 2
We know from research that the more responsive addition treatment programs are toward increasing engagement and retention, the better the treatment outcome. In the life-saving process of addiction...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Comfortably Getting Off Painkillers: Detox vs...
Responding to a number of great inquiries for more information on opioid addiction and the pharmacological supports available today, Dr Joe responds with a follow-up show. He addresses the difference...
View ArticleInternet Addiction: Is It Real, Virtual, or a Myth?
Internet Addiction: Many do not believe that there are addictions other than to drugs. But, there are some who actually lose their families, friends, jobs, and ability to depression and the internet....
View ArticlePornography: What Is The Harm Of This Process Addiction?
Any behavior that triggers intense pleasure can be addicting for some; resulting in serious relational, financial, physical, emotional and spiritual damage. Noted expert from the United Kingdom, Billi...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: More Responsive Care for Women With Addiction
Some of our audience may assume that since a drug, is a drug, is a drug, and addiction is addiction, that we really do not need to go to the trouble of fine-tuning or adapting addiction treatment for...
View ArticleMaking A Decision In Recovery: From Research
Fundamental to all of human experience and addiction recovery, is decision-making: we make a decision to use drug, to not use drug, to reach out for help, to turn our will and lives over, etc. But, how...
View ArticleMaking A Decision In Recovery #2
Fundamental to all of human experience and addiction recovery, is decision-making: we make a decision to use drug, to not use drug, to reach out for help, to turn our will and lives over, etc. But, how...
View ArticleFrom the Past and Present to the Future of Addiction Treatment
Drawing from the past and present of addiction treatment and recovery efforts, Dr Joe prognosticates where the technologies and supports for recovery are headed. He will reflect on these and many more...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Pornography: What Is The Harm Of This Process...
Any behavior that triggers intense pleasure can be addicting for some; resulting in serious relational, financial, physical, emotional and spiritual damage. Noted expert from the United Kingdom, Billi...
View ArticleHighlights of Overcoming Addiction
The show has been blessed to have wonderful guests and listeners. So much information and emotion has been shared. To celebrate the synergy of everyone’s contribution we will recap the highlights and...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Saturating Addiction Recovery With More Oxygen
The body is devastated by drug addiction and medications are only beginning to support continuing recovery, but with risks and side-effects. How can the recovering addict infuse more oxygen into the...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: More Responsive Care for Women With Addiction
Some of our audience may assume that since a drug, is a drug, is a drug, and addiction is addiction, that we really do not need to go to the trouble of fine-tuning or adapting addiction treatment for...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: How Do Genetics Affect Drug Use and Addiction?
If 100 people use the same amount of the same drug for the first time, why do they all not respond exactly the same? Why do some become hopelessly addicted to nicotine while others quit so easily? Why...
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