In a state of shock over being pulled and given a DUI?  It is in fact traumatic and can have many aftershocks in your life resulting in anger, shame, depression and anxiety. After some interesting discussions with a colleague who handles DUI’s here in Greenville, South Carolina, I discovered their firm’s deep and sincere commitment to their DUI clients and...[ read more ]

     Introverts are people who are not unfriendly or unsocial.  We are just happier one on one, or having one good friend, or staying home doing almost anything other than being with a lot of people.  I go to meetings, join friends for a glass of wine and have people over.  But the timing and the nature of the...[ read more ]

We put substance users and abusers in a box and we refuse to release them.  I learned this from a family member, not a client.  It helped me to see his use as a situation he was dealing with and to stop letting it define everything about him. He was far more than his use.  It improved our relationship and...[ read more ]