by Anthony Myers | Jun 15, 2017 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
California is trying to be an incubator for ideas again. State senators have approved a proposal for a single-payer universal health care plan. It’s a tentative plan, with no funding mechanism as of yet. Supporters, including Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), argue...
by Anthony Myers | Jun 9, 2017 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
A lithograph by Armand Gautier (1857) from Madness: A Brief History (Wikimedia Commons) Holistic medicine teaches that everything is connected: mind, body, spirit. Good health requires that all be in balance. That includes substance use disorder and addiction....
by Anthony Myers | Jun 7, 2017 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Self-esteem seems to be one of the most helpful qualities people can possesses, yet it sometimes is one of the hardest ones to acquire. But once people have it, it can do so much. Self-esteem—or, more accurately, a lack of self-esteem—seems intertwined with so many...
by Anthony Myers | May 30, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery
Yesterday, we talked about veterans who struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the result of their military service. This disorder is understandable, given the complex, sometimes horrible things that many veterans witness, feel, and do during their...
by Anthony Myers | Apr 13, 2017 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
At first, it might seem that we’re lucky if we don’t usually discuss trauma. That’s because this means there’s a good chance we haven’t experienced trauma and don’t know anyone else who has. If we have suffered trauma, we still might not discuss it. We could be afraid...
by Anthony Myers | Mar 6, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Mental Health
Anger. It’s an emotion that might be a dirty little secret. Or, if we’ve had incidents and anger management issues, maybe not such a little secret. It’s a tricky emotion, because anger often seems to be disguised as other emotions. If people are jealous or insecure,...
