Chardonnay – Designed For Women? You Bet! A recent client reported that she had been to one of those women’s sales party gatherings and that in the course of the afternoon twenty women went through thirty-five bottles of Chardonnay!!! What’s going on here? Adding to that question, 90% of our women clients report that chardonnay [...]

A recent visitor to our offices asked a question we’ve heard before:  “If AA’s 12 Steps are so ineffective, why are 98% of all traditional treatment programs based on them?” It’s a good question with several contributing answers, the first of which is that while the “Steps” are a really ineffective “treatment” model, they are [...]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 12 Step Tricks or Real Treatment? Which Are You looking For? If  You Want Actual Treatment, Here’s How We’re Different From Every Other Program In The Country: 1.    You’ll benefit from help based on the actual research on how people eliminate or moderate destructive behaviors; 2.   You’ll have our help in attaining the [...]

Yes, we can help you leave your drinking problems behind, create a much better life, and create a present and future worth living. But we can’t do it for you, or to you. No myth is more destructive that the idea that somehow you can go off to treatment and effortlessly leave your alcohol problems [...]

Holidays are coming… When I was driving to San Diego on Friday I saw something that astonished me – A CHRISTMAS TREE LOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!!!! And of course the Halloween costume stores are open, as are the piles of pumpkins at every store in sight. What’s it all mean? That’s always a good question, [...]

“But I’ve been to the very best places….” That’s what last week’s caller wailed and she rattled off a list of widely recognized “programs” around the country. Hazenden, Cirque Lodge, Passages, Sierra Tucson. And, if the accommodations and view and pampering are the criteria, then, yes, they are “the very best places”. The trouble is [...]

“No, we’re sorry. We can’t do it for you, but we can do it with you.” That’s an answer we have to give to several callers a week. Though we don’t blame people for asking or hoping. After all, the treatment industry, like the diet industry, thrives on pretending that you can make major changes [...]

“But I can’t afford…” A caller said what many do – “I can’t afford to spend the money to fix the problem.” Even though the “problem” is about to cost you your marriage and career and has already screwed up your mental and physical health? If we were suggesting you spend $40,000 to $200,000 and [...]

Quitting or modifying your drinking? Success depends on who you surround yourself with – including where you look for help. Why? Simply put, your drinking problems exist within the context of your everyday life and no one influences that, or is affected by it, more than the people closest to you. When you change a [...]

A recent client commented on the difference between our website and the others he visited when he was looking for help. “It took me awhile,” he said, “and I’d almost given up. Then I found your site and it suddenly made sense. Everyone else was talking about the facility, the view, the beach, the mountains, [...]