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IT TAKES A FAMILY A Cooperative Approach to Lasting Sobriety By Debra Jay Nationally recognized addiction counselor and interventionist Debra Jay is taking a bold step with a new approach to helping families in recovery. In her new book, IT TAKES A FAMILY: A Cooperative Approach to Lasting Sobriety, Jay introduces Structured Family Recovery, a specific process and framework with the power to keep addicts sober and families on track in their recovery for the long haul.

Loving an Addict, Loving yourself by Candace Plattor. Today we talked about Christmas, New Years and Valentines Day, three big deals, Loved ones of addicts getting helped, and a workshop on what to do to get well when the addict in your life doesn't want to

PAINKILLERS, HEROIN, AND THE ROAD TO SANITY Real Solutions for Long-Term Recovery from Opiate Addiction, By Joani Gammill Author of The Interventionist oani Gammill, a recovering alcoholic, was struggling with a back injury and the pain it caused. After surgery, she was prescribed a cornucopia of opiate-based drugs including Oxycontin, which her doctor said was a nonaddictive painkiller used especially for recovering addicts (information that came straight from the drug company).

Written by Daniel D. Maurer, a former Lutheran minister, and illustrated by Spencer Amundson, Sobriety seems like a kind of X-rated Archie and the Gang. The problems are different, the solutions are different, the pranks are way different but the group always finds a way through with camaraderie.

360 lbs lighter and sober, Brian Flemming shares his story on being over weight and addicted....followed by Rachel from Over Eaters Anonymous talking about recovery.

Just as recovery requires daily practice, so does physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle. In The Recovering Body, seasoned health writer, Jennifer Matesa ignites the recovery community with the first-ever guide to achieving physical recovery as part of your path to lifelong sobriety. http://bit.ly/recoveryhealth

this Thursday on Talk Recovery...nationally recognized expert Dr. Omar Manejwala joins us to explain addiction in the Workplace and the phenomenon of craving and gives us tools to achieve freedom from our seemingly insatiable desires by changing our actions to remap our brains. Craving: Why We Can't Seem to Get Enough by Dr. Omar S. Manejwala, M.D., www.manejwala.com/#!craving/cmqf

Susan Anderson, author of The Journey from Abandonment to Healing, Black Swan and Taming Your Outer Child talks recovery with us

Liberty Root Ibogaine Therapy will be on Talk Recovery today. can you hallucinate yourself into recovery with Ibogaine therapy? your questions answered.

Suzie Le Brocq from LifeServices.ca talk Sex Addiction Recovery with Talk Recovery ... learn what it is and what you can do

Eating Disorders and Addiction, personal stories on recovery and Eating Disorder Counsellor Caralynne Mclean Private Therapist and North Shore Eating Disorder Program www.caralynnemclean.com

Dr. Hajela one of Canada's Leading Addiction Specialists talks with us about Marijuana Truths and Myths.... the pros and cons despite all these changes in policy, the U.S. federal government considers marijuana to have no medical use and high potential for abuse. Under federal law, it is illegal for any person to manufacture, distribute, or possess cannabis for any purpose. Moreover, it is generally agreed by even the supporters of “medical marijuana” that smoking is injurious to the lungs both short-term and long-term; hence, the research on cannabis products for medical uses has been looking at alternate delivery systems such as pills, vaporizers, sprays and edible products.

From Grief to Action: When Addiction Hits Home, helps Families if your son or daughter has, or might have, an addictive disorder. www.fgta.ca

Guest from BPD Society of British Columbia and BDP Blog writer Becky Oberg from Healthy Place - www.healthyplace.com/blogs/borderline/ - http://bpdsupportgroup.wordpress.com/

Comedians Richard Lett and Mark Huges talk recovery and their show Sober but not Clean

Edgewood talks about the addiction treatment industry best practices on Talk Recovery Radio, recovery and addiction issues weekly on CFRO 100.5 fm

Lower the Stakes, a Public Health Approach to Gambling with Dr. Perry Kendall, Provincial Health Officer of BC

Almost Addicted, Most people who abuse illegal drugs don’t fit the image of the dysfunctional, hustling addict who can’t fit into normal society. Between the estimated 10 percent of the population who are true addicts and those who don’t use drugs at all falls a group of regular drug users who often don’t realize how much their use is affecting their daily lives. According to J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD, and Eric Metcalf, MPH, they are almost addicted. Whether their drug of choice is legal or illegal, an upper or a hallucinogen, almost addicts’ drug use is negatively impacting their quality of life—but falls short of meeting the diagnostic criteria for substance abuse or dependence.

Mother and Addict, Heidi telling her story about raising children in early recovery, what it's like to have social services invovled, how recovery is more about stop using.

As I rebuilt my practice I gradually revealed the story of my battle with alcoholism to colleagues and clients and new friends. Their reaction was the same: “Oh my God, you must write a book.” The Couch of Willingness: An Alcoholic Therapist Battles the Bottle and Broken Recovery System is that book. I wrote it with my partner, documentary filmmaker Maureen Palmer. The “Couch of Willingness” is an a actual couch in a rundown recovery home here on the Lower Mainland. That’s what everyone in the house calls it. Every newcomer must detox and sleep there until he “surrenders” and admits he’s powerless over alcohol. That’s where I landed when I lost everything. For more on The Couch of Willingness, click here. www.michaelpond.ca