Addiction Help

Reducing the Risk of Future DUIIs: Round 2

May 2, 2016 By John Fitzgerald

Last year I presented at the Oregon DUII Multi-Disciplinary Driving Training Conference and was honored to be asked back this year. For those of you who came to my talk, thank you! Also, thank you for allowing me to open with some personal challenges, and supporting me throughout the presentation. … [Read More...]

You Are Not Your Addiction: Understanding Parts of Self

December 26, 2015 By John Fitzgerald

We are conditioned from an early age to believe that we have one mind, one personality, and that all our thoughts, feelings and behaviors emanate from that unitary person we think we are. This way of understanding ourselves leads to tremendous suffering, because the truth of who we are is a bit more … [Read More...]

Getting Referrals Right: Matching Patients and Providers

November 30, 2015 By John Fitzgerald

During the past few weeks I have worked on two cases that required me to make referrals to treatment, and in both cases, I found myself very frustrated. What should be a fairly straightforward and easy thing to do, is far from it. And when I make a bad referral, I feel responsible when the person I … [Read More...]

When Politics Usurp Science, We All Lose

October 15, 2015 By John Fitzgerald

One of the more articulate voices in the realm of addiction experts today is Carl Hart, who delivered a rousing TED Talk challenging our beliefs that drugs primarily cause addiction. In the talk he passionately offered evidence that poverty and crime are independent of drug problems, and that drugs … [Read More...]