News — rally to face addiction

News - Steps & Stories now available in Kindle through Amazon Coming in March - Dear Friend II   2015 has been an amazing year for me on so many levels. I've found myself fully engaged back in book publishing after a 20 year hiatus. I had not realized that publishing Dear Friend as a gift for my cousin, Sandy, for his 50th anniversary (12/7/14) would launch me back into a career I loved and had not realized how much I had missed. The first six months of the year was busy time readying Steps & Stories for publication in...

Yes! there is HOPE. The rally last Sunday on the Washington Mall was inspiring. More that 20,000 people gathered to listen to talks by Greg William, Michael Botticelli, Dr. Murthy US Surgeon General, Steven Tyler, Cheryl Crow, Joe Walsh and others. The many stories of tragic personal loss were as sad as the stories of recovery hopeful. The important work to raise awareness about addiction  and to redirect addiction efforts from prisons to treatment created a sense of hope for many in attendance. It is my hope that the efforts keep moving forward no that the event is over.  I...