What does the term “co-dependent” mean? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Are you a co-dependent in any of your relationships? Are you a co-dependent in relationship to the addicts in your life? What does it look like to be a co-dependent? Does this term make us feel uncomfortable? This week’s guest is Debbie Sherrick of Insideout Wellness. Through one on one coaching as well as seminars and workshops, Debbie helps her clients to become healthy, emotionally and physically and to develop a spiritual connection in taking control of their own health. She has lead codependency groups at local churches and organizations.

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Denise talks with Debbie in this interview about Debbie’s own experience and relationships with co-dependency. Let’s see if we can identify any of these kind of relationships in our own lives.

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Support of the end of the War on Drugs does not mean support for the use of drugs. This is a recurring theme when talking to responsible people about their perspectives regarding the War on Drugs. Listen to some of the other reasons why the War on Drugs is being characterized as a War on our Communities.

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Last week this show was a replay of an interview with Dr. David Nathan, a doctor’s point of view about the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana. The interview took place about 6 months before the marijuana laws changed in Colorado. This week Denise interviews Retired Deputy Chief of Police in Los Angeles Stephen Downing about his views on these new laws and about the Six Month report just out this week about the first six months of legalization of marijuana in Colorado.

Chief Downing supports (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) and refers to details of this weeks report in the interview. Here is his recap of this week’s press conference.

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This week’s show is a repeat of a show from 2013 about marijuana and our thoughts on legalization and decriminalization. Denise spoke with a doctor who explains the pros and cons and tries to answer some of our questions on this topic. Now, with almost six months of legalization in Colorado, it’s a good time to think about how we are feeling about it. Here was the episode’s description:

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Dr. David Nathan, a psychiatrist in Princeton, NJ and a clinical assistant professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is our expert guest today. This week’s topic is legalization and decriminalization of marijuana from the perspective of a professional in the field of Addiction. Dr. Nathan had written an article in 2010 for the Wall Street Journal discussing this topic. I was curious about his perspective now, with the various states legalizing medical marijuana and some states recreational marijuana. He recently wrote another article for CNN where this is discussed and in this interview we talk about the topic and controversy as it stands today.

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What does “going to rehab” mean to you? To most of us it means 28-30 days of residential treatment away from our own environment for a lot of money.

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I often think of what rehab type would make the most sense. Yes, everyone is different and responds to different things. There really isn’t a lot “different” out there just yet. It is getting better. More choices. But we have a long way to go.

This week’s show is all about choices and possibilities. How do you think rehab should go? Would being able to stay in your own environment be good or bad? How about going about your work, school, social responsibilities and being able to “bounce off” situations with a therapist/counselor when “stuff” happens, to get immediate tools to use? What about someone being by your side when you relapse or to help you help yourself not to relapse? Denise speaks with Cali Estes, founder of the Addictions Academy and The Addictions Coach, about the different, creative modes of treatment she is discovering to work well with a different “twist”.

You can find Cali at her websites above or call her at 1-800 706-0318

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What is this? How is it related to addiction? How do we recognize it in our loved ones? What can we do to prevent it or help ?

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On this week’s show Denise speaks with Brian Cuban, author of “Shattered Image: My Triumph Over Body Dysmorphic Disorder”. He talks about his own personal story, his relationship with his brothers, Mark (the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Shark on the television show “Shark Tank) and Jeff, as well as other relationships in his life. Bullying, anorexia, bulimia, self-esteem, and shame are all topics touched on in this interview. You can see more of Brian on his website. Learn more about this disorder from NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association).

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On this show we’ve talked about all kinds of relationships of loved ones with addicts. We’ve talked about the love of parents for their addicted children. We’ve talked about the love a husband for an addicted wife or vice versa. We’ve talked about grandparents loving their addicted children but having to raise their grandchildren because their adult children are not capable.

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This week Denise talks with Sarah, a young woman who grew up in a family who was just embracing early recovery when she was old enough to notice. Hear her “take” on sobriety, recovery, and the 12 steps as she grew up and became a woman.

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This week the show interview will focus on relationships. Family dynamics are always interesting, but put an addict in the mix and things get really interesting. When your sibling or even numerous siblings are addicts how do we cope? How does this change our own lives? How do we, as siblings, react to each other? How does this effect our relationship with our parents? These are some of the questions discussed in this week’s interview with Pat Olsen, a journalist, author, writer, whose book “Sober Siblings: How to Help Your Alcoholic Brother or Sister– And Not Lose Yourself” tackles this issue from the perspective of experience.

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Pat Olsen has contributed articles to many magazines and newspapers including Forbes Life Executive Woman, Business Traveler, The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Family Circle, and MORE magazine. For many years she also wrote the executive column in On Wall Street Magazine. In addition, she currently blogs for two nationally known addiction treatment centers.

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How much do we want to do to make sure that our loved ones are safe? Are we prepared to do things out of our comfort zone? Is it more important to keep them safe or to stop their use of drugs or abuse of alcohol or to do whatever we can to help keep them alive no matter what their choices?

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This week’s show is an interview with Eddie Einbinder whose book “How to Have Fun and Not Die”, the winner of the 2008 New York Book Festival grand prize, stirs quite a bit of controversy when it comes to the subject of what information we really want to know and what we think our loved ones should know. His new documentary, “Play Safe”, is a very visual account of what young people are doing these days and how they might be able to do it more safely. If after you listen to this interview and view some scenes from his documentary you’d like to comment to Eddie please feel free to email him at [email protected].

I’d like to also encourage anyone who’d like to discuss this with Denise to email her at [email protected]

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This week the show focuses on an issue important to every human being. The issue is safety. Everyone needs tools to be safe in daily life and this week Denise interviews Suzanne Cruz, otherwise known as “Tactical Sue”. Suzanne speaks to us on the topic of awareness and safety in order to reach our goals successfully. She talks about safety in our personal lives, relationships, and communities. Suzanne is a veteran law enforcement officer, student and teacher of Jujitsu, and a public speaker. She combines her business expertise with a personal history raising a family and struggling to help that one alcoholic that seems to be in every family. Suzanne has shown hundreds of people how to thrive in their personal lives and within their organizations.

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Denise, having had to cope with addiction in her own family, in her home, asks Suzanne poignant questions about safety around addicts and their associates, about her experience in law enforcement related to what to look out for in certain circumstances, and general safety and prevention information.

Suzanne recommends listeners check out Gavin DeBecker and his book “The Gift of Fear” which can teach us what to look out for rather than the general message of simply to be careful. Tools we can all use.

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Any one of us has the possibility of having to go to the Emergency Room at a hospital for one reason or another. An addict or alcoholic has even a greater possibility that this might happen to them. We, as loved ones, are often in denial about the severity of our addict’s addictions but need to be proactive, just in case. This week Denise interviews Dr. Roneet Lev, the director of operations of the Scripps Mercy Emergency Department in San Diego. Dr. Lev has been practicing medicine at the hospital since 1993, was board certified in Emergency Medicine in 1995 and recertified in 2005. She chairs the Emergency Medicine Oversight Commission with the San Diego County Medical Society, uniting all 19 emergency departments in San Diego to improve emergency care for the community. Denise talks to Dr. Lev about how things have changed over her 20 years in the ER, what happens when we or our loved ones first get to the ER, and what we as loved ones can do to help make the experience effective and efficient for everyone. We know it is an emotional time and we also know how helpless and out of control we feel when this kind of thing happens. Let’s be prepared and know that we can do something to help.

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Dr. Lev suggests these resources both for physicians and for the general public. (This second resource is in construction and will be available in a few weeks. Please book mark it and remember to check on it for information and resources.)

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