Tag Archives: Isolation

  • Addiction, Technology, Social Connection, and Recovery
    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...
  • Loneliness Is an Inside Job
    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...
  • Lonely in a Room Full of Loved Ones
    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...
  • Connection in Recovery
    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...
  • Connection in Recovery
    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...
  • Connection is the Key to a Happy Recovery
    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...
  • Asking for Help
    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...