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"When there are no more leaders to follow you must become one."
My daughter got married! On July 14, 2018, my son Tare and I had the privilege of walking my daughter Zanele "down the aisle" to the love of her life, Deondrae Rhone. Family and friends came from Zimbabwe, Canada, and across the United States, and we all felt blessed to be part of this beautiful, diverse, chaotic, and big-hearted family.
That's not my only big news: I also have a new book coming on September 4, The Addiction Spectrum.
THE ADDICTION SPECTRUM
"The world is in the midst of an addiction crisis. Opioids steal most of the headlines. But whether it is from heroin, meth, or another substance, thousands of people have died, and sadly more will die in the coming months and years."
My new book, The Addiction Spectrum, combines my personal journey recovering from alcoholism with my experience helping hundreds of patients struggling with addiction. An empowering, outside-the-box, holistic approach to solving the addiction crisis in America, this book has been called a "welcome godsend" by critics.
PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!
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Addiction affects your brain. But have you ever wondered how?
Photo courtesy of Jesse Orrico via Unsplash
I find brain science fascinating and I’ll admit I’m a chemistry geek. Even if you’re not, you may be interested in what drugs, alcohol, and even behavioral addictions can do to you and how addiction can affect your brain.
I run an outpatient addiction clinic based in Portland called Fair Start. At Fair Start we help addicts—mostly young adults—recover from drug addiction.
The majority of our patients are addicted heroin and other opioids. Often they are using several drugs at once, including meth.
Most people know me as a medical doctor. Most people don’t know that I’m also a recovering alcoholic.
While I’ve been in active recovery for 15 years now and I’m not shy about sharing my story, I’m about to go public with all of this in a big way.
I have a new book coming out called The Addiction Spectrum: A Compassionate, Holistic Approach to Recovery. www.Addictionspectrum.com
The book will be published by HarperOne on September 4.If you have a young family and you read my last book, co-written with Jennifer Margulis, The Vaccine-Friendly Plan, I think you will want to read this one too. Any parent who is afraid their child might someday get addicted needs the information we present in this book.If you’ve ever wondered about addiction, loved an addict, or suffered from addiction yourself, this book is also for you.If you’re a public health official, policy maker, doctor, or educator, you also need the knowledge in this book.So how does addiction affect the brain?No child is born thinking, “I want to grow up to be an addict or alcoholic.”Even when our using or drinking starts having a significant negative impact on our lives, most of us will deny that a problem even exists.That is one baffling aspects of addiction.
Addiction hijacks a person’s normal common sense.To the outsider, it seems we have no willpower.
But that’s not what’s actually going on.
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How to End the Autism Epidemic Podcast 6. Dr. Paul Thomas Interview, How to End the Autism Epidemic!
Well-versed, outspoken Portland-based Pediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas will challenge much of the conventional wisdom on pediatrics. Why is his Portland practice booming? Because he practices true informed consent, and because he tells the truth that vaccines have risks AND benefits. -
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Wishing you the best possible 2017
Enjoy the journey, but have purpose - a destination in your sights.
Success generally doesn't just bite us in the butt as we sit around waiting for it. Luck favors the prepared, and my wish for us all is that we move forward in 2017 with purpose. Set your sights on worthy goals, but don't forget to enjoy the journey.
I thought I would share my personal goals with you in case it might motivate or help someone gain clarity on their own goals and journey. -
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Bernie talked of revolution, Trump talked of revolution. Too bad we couldn't combine the best each had. But the real revolution is just getting started. Regardless of party, religion or any other group that would separate us, we the people are waking up. We are realizing that mainstream media is just a phony puppet front for big business and their interests. Powerful interests who own the media have intentionally kept vital information from us, and fed us a steady diet of lies and misrepresentations.
Where is the real news?We are starting to realize it is with us already, yes indeed, on the Internet, social media, and even in print. We are waking up to the fact that we must question everything. If your news media or the CDC or a vaccine manufacturer says this vaccine is safe, then they put millions into promoting it ... THINK again. No vaccine is completely safe, so what are the real numbers? Where are the real safety studies?
What? The don't exist? How can that be?
