Tag Archives: Isolation

Friday, September 2nd, 2022

Addiction, Technology, Social Connection, and Recovery

Addiction, Technology, Social Connection, and Recovery Dr. David Fawcett For many years it was believed that drugs, including alcohol and heroin, were inherently mood-altering, that their very use would...
Friday, August 19th, 2022

Loneliness Is an Inside Job

Scott Brassart I have two recovery mentors that I’m privileged to interact with on an almost daily basis, Dr. Robert Weiss and Dr. David Fawcett. And both of these...
Wednesday, October 30th, 2019

Lonely in a Room Full of Loved Ones

Addiction is the only prison where the locks are on the inside. Despite the American ethos that constantly tells us we must make it on our own, being alone...
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019

Connection in Recovery

Addiction is a disease of isolation. Novelist Dean Koontz once wrote, “A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit...
Sunday, June 16th, 2019

Connection in Recovery

Sex addiction is a disease of isolation. Novelist Dean Koontz once wrote, “A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between...
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019

Connection is the Key to a Happy Recovery

Loneliness is the most terrible poverty. An immense amount of mental and physical health research shows that isolated/separated individuals suffer both emotionally and physically. Conversely, people who place a...
Thursday, April 5th, 2018

Asking for Help

Sex addiction is a disease of isolation. Novelist Dean Koontz once wrote, “A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between...