David Carroll
I am a certified substance abuse counselor and a recovering addict, of 12 years. I attained my sobriety in 1995, at age 45, in the VA Hospital, Fresno CA. I have been a counselor for most of my sobriety. I have been a treatment program Director. I have worked going into California prisons recruiting inmates for aftercare treatment programs. I favor couseling for the rewards of one on one helping of someone to regain a life or acquire one for the first time!
This is not a disease that cuddling, warm blankets and pity will help!
Addicts do most often respond to kindness and understanding, when it
is properly given or very often, administered by a professional
care-giver, or another addict, hopefully in Recovery!
Blogs by this Author
Am I Chemically Dependent?
- By David Carroll
- Published 01/30/2008
Denial is the "ego defense mechanism" that allows most casual or recreational users or drinkers to progress from there to Addiction or Alcoholism. Denial is, very early in Addiction, accompanied by ju...
Fear, the Motivation of Addiction?
- By David Carroll
- Published 01/30/2008
When, as a Counselor, I speak about Addiction, I can't help but include the fact that I am an Addict. There's no doubt about the fact that I'm an Addict in Recovery, but none-the-less, I am an Addict!...
Some Thoughts on Recovery
- By David Carroll
- Published 01/16/2008
I am a Recovering Veteran and chemical dependency Counselor. There is a "frame-of-mind" that is common to those that Recovery is more likely to work for. 12-Step programs have an identifying directive...
Addiction Brain Science - so we can all understand it!
- By David Carroll
- Published 01/8/2008
What is the essence of addiction from a scientific standpoint? What facts support the foundation that supposes that an “addict” has no control and that free will has nothing to do with the...
About helping the Addict!
- By David Carroll
- Published 01/8/2008
I spent most of my life addicted to drugs, one or another. Actually I had three periods of addiction that each centered on a different drug-or-choice. For a long time I was just a user and anything th...
Acceptance and Addiction Recovery
- By David Carroll
- Published 01/8/2008
The anti-social nature of drug addiction results in a "Life-Style". The addict becomes out-of-synch with the social structure in which he must live. Addicts begin to associate only with other addicts ...
