World Intervention Day: An Invitation to Change

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Brad Lamm, CIP Dear Diary, I want to change…you?!! Me It’s the conundrum of every human who is dying on the inside over a loved one’s struggle with life and the things that make it rough. Addiction is a common intervention target. You may be familiar with the television show ‘Intervention,’ where an out of […]

Good Golly, It’s Molly

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Brad Lamm, CIP The New York Times reported a rash of drug overdoses at Wesleyan University in Connecticut this past Sunday.  A bad batch of the drug Molly is suspected to have caused the outbreak, but what exactly is Molly and when did it become so popular? Back in the nineties, when Raves and music […]

The Big Food Sugar Shuffle

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Brad Lamm, CIP As we barrel toward the terrifying statistic of 3 out of 4 people categorized as overweight by 2020, a heaping helping has been written about obesity and food addiction. But where exactly did this epidemic come from? The answer just might surprise you; it did me when I first read it. In […]

I Had No Idea…

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Brad Lamm, CIP Next week is Eating Disorder Awareness Week, where the community of those afflicted and their loved ones reach their hearts and hands across the nation to spread hope to those who struggle with eating disorders. This is a cause close to my heart. At one time in my life, bulimia brought me […]

Smart Feet and an Occupied Mouth (and a new pill to help?)

Brad Lamm, CIP Binge Eating Disorder, or BED, is characterized by different eating behaviors that impact the body in the same way as other addictions. Specific repeat behavior includes eating large amounts of food when not physically hungry, eating until uncomfortably full, eating alone due to embarrassment by how much is being consumed and feeling […]

The Elder Addict

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Brad Lamm, CIP   One of our nation’s fastest growing health problems that you’ve never heard of is alcohol and prescription drug abuse among adults age 60 and over.  Until recently, you’d be hard pressed to find a mere mention of it in substance abuse or gerontological literature. But how can this be when the […]

I’m Out of Rehab: Now What?

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Brad Lamm, CIP   Who would disagree that life after rehab is the spot where the rubber meets the road? After rehab, back home or in sober living is where things suddenly get much, much more real. It’s why aftercare is mucho-critical to the challenge of living outside treatment, where many newly recovering will succumb […]

Laugh Your Way to a Joyful Life

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Brad Lamm, CIP Everyone knows that laughing makes you feel good. But can laughing actually strengthen the body’s immune system and combat disease? According to Indian physician Madan Kataria, laughing is the best medicine for a healthy body. In 1995, Dr.  Kataria read a book called Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins, extolling the […]

The New Peer Pressure: Hashtags and Facebook Feeds

Brad Lamm, CIP I can remember being in school and the hero worship my fellow classmates and I had for celebrities like Cheryl Ladd and Mr. T to name a few. Back then, we didn’t have direct access to our idols like people do today. If you wanted a hands-on experience, you had to write […]

Your History Removes Some Mystery

Brad Lamm, CIP Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s daughter, grown up girl of addiction? The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. assert that family history of genetics is the single most common indicator of risk for future alcohol and drug abuse. Specifically, our health is the result of the interaction […]