Wife of Alcoholic. An Amazing Story.
This story below was sent to us at Changing Lives Foundation. We share this candid and powerful account of one woman’s struggle and ultimate healing (with the author’s permission) with hope that it...
View ArticleIf both parents are addicts, does that increase the child’s chances of...
Q: If both parents are addicts, does that increase the child’s chances of addiction? A. There is a fifty-fifty chance. The more alcoholics there are in a family, the higher the odds of passing along...
View ArticleDo you have to stop seeing all your old friends in order to recover?
ASK JOE: Old friends and recovery: Q: Do you have to stop seeing all your old friends in order to recover? A. It depends When I was first getting off alcohol and drugs, many of my old friends were just...
View ArticleThe Missing Link in Addiction Recovery. What’s Missing?
The Missing Link in Addiction Recovery. What’s Missing? ~by Jail Chaplain Joe Herzanek As I look back over three decades of working with chemically dependent men, women, adolescents and their families...
View ArticleWhat is a Pink Cloud?
ASK JOE: What is a Pink Cloud?: Q: What is a Pink Cloud? What does the term “pink cloud” mean? “I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.” ~Elizabeth Taylor A. Being “on a Pink Cloud” means to feel...
View ArticleMonthly Review: Fable of the Porcupine, Does Heavy Use Create Addiction? and...
Monthly Review: April 2013 In case you missed some of our latest posts from the month of April, 2013 —we’ve gathered them together again for you to enjoy. Thanks for being part of our Changing Lives...
View ArticleMonthly Review: Celebrity Drug Addiction, Still-Drinking Alcoholic’s...
Monthly Review: May/June 2013 In case you missed some of our latest posts from the months of May/June, 2013 —we’ve gathered them together again for you to enjoy. Thanks for being part of our Changing...
View ArticleDetachment. How Can I?
When life becomes one crisis after another, when emotional pain and endless drama become “the norm” what am I supposed to do? Over the past few decades I’ve received this question a lot. Recently it...
View ArticleMonthly Review: Detachment, Surviving Holidays, Enabling & Optimism
Monthly Review: September/October 2013 In case you missed our latest posts from the months of September/October, 2013 —we’ve gathered them together for you to enjoy (plus two of our most popular posts:...
View ArticleFamily Recovery Books, DVDs, up to 50% off Amazon Prices!
Recovery Books, DVDs (for the family) up to 50% off Amazon Prices! Much lower pricing than Amazon on ALL our Family Recovery Products Click on each product below for direct links to Changing Lives...
View ArticleChaplaincy and Addiction
Chaplaincy and Addiction: What’s a Chaplain to do? In October, 2014, Chaplain Joe Herzanek (Changing Lives Foundation, Loveland, CO) was a featured speaker at the annual Wisconsin Chaplaincy...
View ArticleThe Best of Times…The Worst of Times.
The Best of Times…The Worst of Times. It takes a family. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” ~ Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities For families who have to endure the holidays with...
View ArticleMonthly Review: Our Addicted Child, How Alcoholism Affects Entire Family and...
Monthly Review: January, 2015 In case you missed any of our recent posts: How Alcoholism Affects the Entire Family, Our Addicted Child, A Year Without and Roger Ebert is an Alcoholic. Thanks for...
View ArticleWhat’s the meaning behind the Monkey Fist?
After posting our popular article PDAP: “An Instant Army, of Love and Support” about the Palmer Drug Abuse Program we started to get questions about the illustration of a “Monkey Fist.” People wanted...
View ArticleHappy New Year from Changing Lives!
We thank you—our loyal friends, readers and supporters for joining with us to help families struggling with addiction. We will soon be announcing some very exciting new resources to provide help...
View ArticleFree Event: Joe Herzanek at Boulder Bookstore!
Boulder Bookstore Event: Author and Boulder County Jail Chaplain Joe Herzanek will speak about and sign his new, multiple award-winning 2016 edition of "Why Don't They Just Quit? Hope for families...
View ArticleAddiction: Disease or Moral Failing?
Addiction: Disease or Moral Failing? – by Chaplain Joe Herzanek “There is a battle going on for the mind—a tug-of-war, you might say.” – Chaplain Joe Herzanek, Why Don’t They Just Quit? Hope for...
View ArticleAddiction: A Brain Disease, Joe Herzanek, Author/Speaker
Addiction: A Brain Disease, Joe Herzanek, Author/Speaker Click image below to watch short video sampler: (Sampler): A former drug addict himself, Joe Herzanek speaks about, answers questions and...
View ArticleI Don’t See a Man, I See My Child.
This “Recovery Thought” was originally a comment on one of our Facebook groups. I read it and it resonated strongly with me. Linda W. has agreed to let us share this publicly, hoping her works will let...
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