Sherry Gaba, LCSW, is a Licensed Psychotherapist and Certified Transformational and Recovery Coach. She is the author of “The Law of the Sobriety: Attracting Positive Energy for a Powerful Recovery” and the creator of wake up recovery. She is the go to expert on VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Pinsky and media expert on …
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How To Maintain Spiritual Wellness
September 22nd, 2014 | Posted by in Addiction | Addiction & Recovery | Alcohol Addiction | Drug Addiction | Integrative Living | Love Addiction | Marijuana Addiction | Mindfulness | Prescription Drug Addiction | Relationships | Sex Addiction | Therapy | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on How To Maintain Spiritual Wellness)Confronting Addiction: How Far Down Is Rock Bottom?
September 20th, 2014 | Posted by in Abuse | Addiction | Addiction & Recovery | Addiction Discussions | Addiction Education | Alcohol Addiction | Celebrity Rehab | Drug Addiction | Love Addiction | Marijuana Addiction | Prescription Drug Addiction | Therapy - (Comments Off on Confronting Addiction: How Far Down Is Rock Bottom?)Sherry Gaba, LCSW, is a Licensed Psychotherapist and Certified Transformational and Recovery Coach. She is the author of “The Law of the Sobriety: Attracting Positive Energy for a Powerful Recovery” and the creator of wake up recovery. She is the go to expert on VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Pinsky and media expert on …
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Using Drugs to Belong, Drinking to Manage Depression: Chiara de Blasio Tells Her Story of Substance Abuse
January 20th, 2014 | Posted by in Addiction | Addiction Discussions | Alcohol Addiction | Drug Addiction | Marijuana Addiction - (Comments Off on Using Drugs to Belong, Drinking to Manage Depression: Chiara de Blasio Tells Her Story of Substance Abuse)Nearly a million people have watched Chiara de Blasio describe her journey of recovery on YouTube since the video was released over the holidays last month. Chiara wanted to speak out to help all those who are suffering in silence. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, approximately 3.1 million Americans need …
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Denial: Is it Always Pathological?
February 11th, 2013 | Posted by in Addiction | Addiction Discussions | Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Denial: Is it Always Pathological?)Denial is a word that people in recovery use often. It refers to an addict denying their own increasing use and abuse and it’s affect on their life and the lives of those around them, or an enabler denying the progression and impact of an addict’s escalating addiction. But is denial always pathological? Are there …
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Hidden Addictions: The Many Forms of Self-Medication
December 21st, 2012 | Posted by in Addiction | Addiction Discussions - (1 Comments)Who doesn’t self-medicate, at least a little? Sinking into a plate of pasta and a glass of wine or chowing down on French fries after a stressful day really does work to smooth out the rough edges and give us that “ahhhh” feeling. But when does this sort of behavior cross that invisible line between …
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A Nod to Tommy Szasz
September 30th, 2012 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on A Nod to Tommy Szasz)I want to believe ol’ Tommy crusaded against this kind of “reasoning” (close mindedness) through out his entire career.
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Mere Theorizing Doesn’t Cut It
March 31st, 2012 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Mere Theorizing Doesn’t Cut It) There remains one little fly in the soup for mere theorizing. Do the theories represent true progress in our field?
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