“I’ll never forget the day I walked into your office and you told me that I can get off the medicine if I wanted,” Walter said. Walter would have been a successful country singer. He arrived at my office (at the methadone clinic) after losing his wife, home, job, car, and family, [...]
Addressing the problem of heroin and abuse of prescription medications is about addressing the pain of our daily lives, and helping people come to understand this, and how to change their lives. Last, and most important to me, is the knowing that we are capable of learning and unlearning. We are powerful when we take [...]
