In the face of a disease like addiction, maintaining healthy eating habits may seem insignificant. The impact of alcohol and other drugs can have a significant effect on an individualโs appetite and ultimately affect their health and well being due lack of nutrients and increased......
One of the very first things that I ask clients when they haven’t seen me for some time, is “what’s happening to your routine?” Why? Because routine, or rather lack of it, is one of the top contributors to relapse. As outlined in the Dynamics......
Addiction in Australia is one of our countryโs most significant issues. In recent years, Australia has experienced significant growth in addiction, where the number of sufferers is rivaling with drastically larger countries. WHAT IS ADDICTION? โAddiction involves craving for something intensely, loss of control over its......
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐๐ป. WHAT ARE PERSONAL BOUNDARIES? Healthy boundaries are a necessity for self-care.......
Good sleep is essential to good health, yet 4 out of 10 Australians donโt get enough healthy sleep. WHY IS SLEEPING WELL SO IMPORTANT? It is significantly important to get a good nightโs sleep, in order to maintain good mental and physical wellbeing. Getting adequate......
Addiction is a complicated topic with many varied opinions on it worldwide. There are a range of questions people often ask like: Are some people more prone to becoming addicted? How do you know if you are addicted? What are the signs of addiction? Does......
WHY ARE DRUGS ARE DRUGS A ROAD SAFETY ISSUE? Driving whilst under the influence of drugs is a significant road safety issue. Youโve probably heard all about the dangers of drinking and getting behind the wheel, although, mixing drugs and driving can be just as dangerous. ......
Mindfulness is about living in the now. Is it essentially about being more aware and awake in every moment of your life. WHY BE MINDFUL? Mindfulness can reduce stress, treat heart disease, lower blood pressure, reduce chronic pain, improve sleep, increase self-control, and improve your......
WHAT IS VAPING? Vaping involves the inhalation of vapour created by highly addictive electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, vape pens, and other vaping devices). The vapour is produced through the heating of a liquid that typically contains flavourings, chemicals and nicotine. These devices can also be used......
When people undertake change (especially in relation to addiction) it is known that there are five main stages. Pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance. Behaviour change is a slow process and it is complex. To undertake behaviour change a person needs to disrupt their current......
Iโm so used to saying the F word, that I didnโt really notice the C-word until this week when my youngest daughter told me that she might not have to go to school because of Corona Virus. Immediately I thought, wait โฆ is this a......
So, itโs official โฆ the world has gone mad and weโre running out of toilet paper! Although I have to say the cleanliness in prisons has improved hugely which is great news for the germ-phobes amongst us! J The changing landscape regarding the C-word has......
ROUTINE โ THE SCARIEST WORD IN RECOVERY The one word that scares most people in recovery is โฆ routine Routine is one of the most important things for clients in recovery, yet is often the most resisted concept to put into action. And why? Because......
HOW DO YOU RECOGNISE ADDICTION IN YOUR CHILDREN OR PARTNERS? It is very difficult to see someone we love self-destructing with their addiction. We often feel helpless as we watch them make poor choices and we often enable them even though we think we are......
Every single person experiences stress or anxiety at some point in their life. However, depending on our personality type and underlying fears, anxiety is experienced, and triggered, differently for each personality type. Anxiety is simply described as the prolonged exposure to stress and stressful thoughts.......
Personality wise, we all have different thinking styles, and as a result, some of us are more predisposed to anxiety than others. Therefore, when we understand the underlying personality-based triggers and how they originate from our fears, weโre then able to put effective strategies into......
One of the key myths about prison is that prisoners are rehabilitated in prison. If those prisoners are drug addicted, the average tax-payer would assume that the prisoner receives treatment to prevent them being released and doing it all again. Karl OโCallaghan said it best......
Loving and supporting an addict, whether a spouse, family member or friend, is an unquestionably difficult situation to be in. Addiction does not just manifest itself in the individual but it also affects the friends, families and partners of the addict in question. People who......
What comes to mind when you think of โaddictionโ? We usually have a picture in our mind that arises whenever we hear the word. Sometimes we think of alcohol, sometimes illegal drugs, then often our mind adds to the picture with thoughts of loss of......
Tough love is many things and has been known as being cruel to be kind. As the Urban Dictionary says, โ to show somebody tough love today may save them heartache in the future BUT, it may cause a small amount of upset for the......
WHAT IS HARM MINIMISATION? Harm minimisation defines harm reduction as the policies, programmes and practices that aim to reduce the harms associated with the use of psychoactive drugs in people unwilling or unable to stop. Soโฆ the aim is to not try and STOP someone......
I was interviewed by Steve and Basil from 6PR morning show on Friday asking about the reasons behind the rise in wine-o-clock and whether it was a โbadโ thing. They asked โisnโt it good to have a glass of two to relax each day?โ Itโs......
I was interviewed by Channel 7โs Daily Edition recently after the findings of a worrying report were released. The report, produced by University of Western Sydney, showed that over 500,000 Australian women are drinking to dangerous levels. What is also worrying is that despite falls......
Iโve been asked a lot lately by media about how much is too much to be drinking every day. The answer is actually about informed choice โ because there is a worrying number of women that are miscalculating what a standard drink is. If asked,......
A recent front page article about mandatory rehab for meth users on the West Australian sparked a much heated debate about treatment options and human rights. I was constantly asked why arenโt we doing this immediately as it seems to be a logical solution to......