I often get asked in meetings about the possible passing of the addictive behavior by the attendees to their offspring via genetics. This is a complex issue and the field has now progressed nicely in the understanding of this issue – with rapidly developing understanding of epigenetics . a different form of inheritance . This Continue Reading
The following was written by Matt Robert who asked me to post it for him. He took over the McLean Detox visits for me recently , and this is his reflections on the experience. It is wonderful in many ways – You be the judge Chauvinism in recovery I’ve been spending a lot of time Continue Reading
Every once in a while a story comes along that is totally off topic but gives cause for pause and reflection. This is one about the head of the NIH, Frances Collins, and a young man named Sam Berns. The occasion is Sam’s death of OLD age at age 17. Sam had Progeria. He was Continue Reading