Category Archives: Gambling Addiction

What is a recovery coach?

In 2013, I published Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions, since then the duties and responsibilities of recovery coaches, peer recovery support specialists and professional recovery coaches have expanded significantly. In this article, I … Continue reading

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What is a recovery coach?

What is a recovery coach, a peer recovery support specialist or a professional recovery coach? In 2013, I published Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions, since then the duties and responsibilities of recovery coaches, … Continue reading

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Getting through the tough times

As a recovery coach, I often see my clients need help getting through the tough times, without using, picking up or acting out. Recently, I personally encountered some rough patches in my life, so, I went to my library of … Continue reading

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A Call for Clinical Humility in Addiction Treatment

by William White and video featuring Chris Budnick The history of addiction treatment includes a pervasive and cautionary thread: the potential to do great harm in the name of help.  The technical term for such injury, iatrogenesis (physician-caused or treatment-caused … Continue reading

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How Adverse Childhood Experiences affects long term health – a TED MED Talk by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, during her TED-Med talk presents the benefits of the Adverse Childhood Experience study and the substantiated affects the study has brought forth on how childhood trauma can impact the quality of one’s health and length of a … Continue reading

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Ten ways of Improving Your Chances of Keeping that New Year’s Resolution

Make a list and think it through It’s that time and everyone is thinking of New Year’s Resolutions. You’re itching to get rid of that bad habit right now, but consider this: think it through. I know you have heard … Continue reading

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Believe Change is Possible

As a recovery coach, I work with people trying to change a habit. We work on finding different ways of responding to a trigger. For some seeking recovery, they want to find an easier, softer way. Others think willpower is all they need … Continue reading

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Stop calling it behavioral health!

Stop calling it behavioral health! Does the term cause stigma and discrimination? By Robert Kent JD and Charles Morgan MD Reprinted from thefix.com, originally published on 11/12/15 When somebody is treated for smoking cessation, the care will probably be provided … Continue reading

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Internet Addiction Disorder- What is it? What treatment is available?

Internet Addiction Disorder- What is it? Internet addiction disorder or IAD is also referred to as Problematic Internet Use (PIU),[i] Compulsive Internet Use, (CIU),[ii] Internet overuse, problematic computer use, pathological computer use, or I-Disorder,[iii]. IAD is excessive computer use which interferes with … Continue reading

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Service keeps you sober — Research is proving this age-old slogan

Ever since I walked into the rooms, I heard the phrase “Service keeps you sober.” I already knew I was a helping type of person, in fact in my addiction it was called being a rescuer. So I stayed away … Continue reading

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On the Nature of Addiction and the Loss of Hope

Guest post by David Chapman The normal state of a productive and happy human existence includes a sense of hope. The  nature of addiction exhausts all sense of hope. The sense of hope is based on the understanding that the process of productive … Continue reading

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How can you heal the trauma within?

Trauma changes you. You might not necessarily like that change. How can you heal the trauma within? You have the ability to transform yourself into a healthier person. You have enormous healing potential; the goal is learning to access it—and … Continue reading

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Is there a trauma-addiction connection?

Is there a trauma-addiction connection? Adverse childhood experiences (trauma) are well known to significantly increase the risk of psychiatric disorders in adulthood. Ample evidence has shown that childhood trauma endangers the brain’s development, structure and function. Several traumatic experiences could make a person susceptible, … Continue reading

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What kind of credential do I need to be a Professional Recovery Coach?

When I published my book Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions in 2013, the term professional recovery coach or professional recovery life coach was not in frequent use. A professional recovery coach is trained … Continue reading

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What training and certificate do you need to be a peer recovery support specialist ?

I published my book Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions in 2013. Since then, recovery coach or peer recovery support specialist training has become one of the fastest growing aspects of the coaching field. So, what … Continue reading

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What kind of training do I need to be a recovery coach?

I published my book Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions in 2013. Since then, recovery coach or peer recovery specialist training has become one of the fastest growing aspects of the coaching field. So … Continue reading

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What kind of certification do I need to be a recovery coach?

I published my book Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions in 2013. Since then, recovery coach or peer-recovery specialist certification training has become one of the fastest growing aspects of the coaching field. So what … Continue reading

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What is the difference between a recovery coach, a peer recovery support specialist and a professional recovery coach?

  I published my book Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions in 2013. A recovery coach, a peer recovery support specialist and a professional recovery coach’s job descriptions have expanded significantly since then. The organizations … Continue reading

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Addicted to Dimes, Confessions of a Liar and a Cheat – Part 4

This week’s guest blogger is  Catherine Townsend-Lyon, an author, blogger and  marketing guru. Catherine lives in Arizona and is a recovering gambling addict.  In this blog Catherine features a segment of her book “Addicted to Dimes”. Belts, Handles and Spoons My … Continue reading

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Addicted to Dimes, Confessions of a Liar and a Cheat – Part 3

This week’s guest blogger is  Catherine Townsend-Lyon, an author, blogger and  marketing guru. Catherine lives in Arizona and is a recovering gambling addict. For the next two weeks, Catherine will feature segments of her book “Addicted to Dimes” in this … Continue reading

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