by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 28, 2022 | addiction
Keep on telling yourself addiction is a medical problem, not a moral or spiritual problem. We will have a lot more casualties in the war. We are in a war that is not against flesh and blood but against the powers and principalities of this world. This is just the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 12, 2022 | addiction
WARNING: Content may be distressing…… Today’s continuing education webinar on PTSD vs. Schizophrenia was both interesting and disturbing. The role of early childhood trauma in PTSD is unequivocal, although the symptoms may not appear until years...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 28, 2022 | recovery
Just an observation……double-minded thinking reflected in memes about addiction: In one post: “Addicts are good people…..they are victims of a disease and they can’t help it.” In the very next post “Recovery …is a choice,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 1, 2021 | Life Recovery
“……more than 84% of scientific studies show that faith is a positive factor in addiction prevention or recovery and a risk in less than 2% of the studies reviewed, we conclude that the value of faith-oriented approaches to substance abuse prevention...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 14, 2020 | addiction
Life is fast paced. And now, it seems, so is death. When I was young, I was aware that my grandfather drank. It was worse than that. He was alcoholic. I can remember my mother and her mother, Mama G., in tears on occasion because Daddy G. had, it seemed...
