The Beauty Blueprint
Brad Lamm, CIP You might be surprised to know that men suffer from body image issues just as women do. There’s an emerging disorder that we’re seeing in more and more men. Muscle Dysmorphia, referred to as MD or MDM, happens when you have a pathological preoccupation with muscularity and appearance. In the bodybuilding community, […]
Smoking Weed May Be Hazardous To Your Health…
Brad Lamm, CIP Like booze, some will smoke to unwind, or for medical need, with no negative impact, but the effect of the somewhat new edible industry (candies, snacks, and drinks infused with THC, the active ingredient in marijuana) have delivered far worse consequences. The National Institute on Drug Abuse states that a single serving […]
Service for Sobriety: Three Tools for Making it Stick
Brad Lamm, CIP The three tenets of the 12-step program are unity, service, and recovery; perhaps the most important of these is service. At Breathe Life Healing Centers, we start clients on the journey to recovery by immediately engaging them in community service opportunities. There are many benefits to volunteerism that go beyond the feel-good […]
Financial Freedom: Hope After Help
Brad Lamm, CIP One of the biggest challenges faced by a newly sober person is the state of their financial affairs. Gambling, food, alcohol, and drugs all come at a price, and by the time we get into recovery, some of us face a mountain of debt. That is why at Breathe, we proactively put each […]
Hope for the Relapse Prone
Brad Lamm, CIP An important aspect of the disease of addiction is, after an extended amount of clean time, it can resurface, causing a relapse. Many people who suffer from chronic relapse often struggle with feelings of guilt and shame that can sink them even deeper into the cycle of addiction. However, there are triggers that […]
How to be the (Sober!) Life of the Party
Brad Lamm, CIP One of my major concerns in early sobriety was how to be present at a party when I’m sober and everyone else is drinking. Wouldn’t just being at an event where alcohol is served activate the phenomenon of craving? Over the past decade or so, I’ve learned myriad ways to engage in […]
Love Addict + Love Avoidant: A Match Made in Hell
Brad Lamm, CIP Is ‘happily ever after’ real? Or have we just been so bombarded with ‘love conquers all,’ that we can’t stop the search for our storybook romance? Although many will cultivate unrealistic expectations from romantic partners, those of us who struggle with addiction and codependency may be at a higher risk for developing […]
Helping the Addict, Healing the Family
Brad Lamm CIP Understanding how addiction affects both the addicted person and the family is an essential foundation for lasting recovery. Addiction is commonly seen as a family disease because it stresses the family to the breaking point, impacting the stability of the home, mental health, finances, and overall family dynamics and unity. In her […]
Self Care is Health Care
Brad Lamm, CIP Exercise. Diet. Sleep. Meditation. Laughter. They’re all forms of self-care. As a recovering addict, I’ve learned that when I’m in my disease, it all goes to hell in a hand-basket. So I had to put aside my daily life as the walking wounded and learn how to stand in the sun. Addiction […]
Early Childhood Trauma and the Disease of Addiction
Brad Lamm, CIP We know that addiction is a disease and can be treated as such. But recently, science has begun to make the association between early childhood trauma and the susceptibility to substance abuse later in life. Although I can easily make the connection between the traumatic experiences in my childhood and my substance abuse […]