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The Summer of Love 50 Years Later.

By William L. White, Drug Treatment Blogger Fifty years ago, young people from all over American descended on San Francisco in what was billed as “The Summer of Love.” Historians have often portrayed this event as the detonation point of a youth-oriented, polydrug culture whose legacies continue to ripple. The Summer of Love events served […]

Narcotics Anonymous A Valid Option for Opioid Addiction

Narcotics Anonymous A Valid Option for Opioid Addiction How To Stop Addiction

This article by William White educates on the benefits of (NA) Narcotics Anonymous which is often left out of the recommendations for how “our country” can help stop increasing numbers of people experiencing opioid addiction and opioid overdose deaths.   There are many misconceptions about NA from facilities or associations offering clinical methods of treatment […]

Hypnosis Improves The Relaspe Rate For Alcohol Abstinence.

Why is The National Relapse Rate for Alcoholics is 80%? Because the majority of today’s treatment programs tell their patients that 80% of them will relapse. That type of negative communication is very flawed. With advances in neuroscience, the majority of alcoholism treatment programs still teach concepts and ideas that work against the way a […]

Why Do People Think They Can’t Stop Drinking Alcohol?

When you ask someone that drinks too much alcohol why they can’t stop you may hear this, “My dad drank every day after work, growing up my mom always had a drink in her hand, it’s in my DNA or I’m Irish, we Irish drink a lot.” That line of thinking (called identification or association) […]

Alcoholics have AA, ‘Almost Alcoholics’ need help too but don’t know where to turn.

People drink alcohol because they are sad, angry, or alone. That is both a good reason and a bad reason. Drinking alcohol when experiencing these feelings is an attempt at solving a problem. Then it becomes a habit, perhaps a daily habit and then there is a feeling of dependency. This category of drinkers is […]

Alcohol and Aging: Not a Great Happy Hour Mixer

Alcohol and Aging: Not a Great Happy Hour Mixer self esteem and hypnosis

Aging and retirement are an important transition in life but without support it can be difficult and many retirees turn to alcohol to cope. A 2008 survey by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that 40% of men and women over 65 drank alcohol on a regular basis. This growing segment of […]

Self Esteem: The Highs and The Lows of It.

High Self Esteem. Life is great. Low Self Esteem. Life Sucks. Did you know your view of your current situation and the prospects for the future are filtered thru your own self-designed lenses which either see the world as wonderful or awful, great or sucking. Those lenses were crafted during your early developmental years through […]

Hypnosis for Solving Brandi’s Dependency Dilemma

Hypnosis for Solving Brandi’s Dependency Dilemma hypnosis for alcohol dependency

A history of self-defeating behavior, the latest a dependency on pain medication, led Brandi to seek out hypnosis for help. “I’ve tried everything else including a very expensive out-patient center.” She continues, “I was very skeptical at first as I have never really believed someone could ‘turn off my (conscious) brain’ and actually get inside […]

The Alcohol Treatment Alternative

If you want to know How To Quit Drinking and are tired of traditional Outpatient Alcohol Treatment in Dallas Click on link to view short video, it’s 1 minute and 20 seconds. The Alcohol Treatment Alternative I’m Valerie Grimes and I personally resolved my alcohol consumption using hypnosis (read my story) and I would love […]

Hypnosis for Alcohol Dependency Works, Ask Cliff.

Hypnosis for Alcohol Dependency Works, Ask Cliff.

“I originally came to Valerie for help with either reducing or eliminating alcohol consumption to a point where it was aligned with an otherwise active, healthy, and positive lifestyle. Not only were we able to accomplish this, her sessions and recordings have provided motivation, stress management, increased focus and general balance in all aspects of […]