addiction

Flower Breaths:

Provide your child a fragrant, colorful flower and tell him to breathe in through the nose and breathe out through the mouth. Flower breaths help release tension. Offer a flower like daffodils, daisies, and roses.

Hissing Breaths:

Hissing breaths help with physical and mental relaxation. Teach your child to breathe in through the nose. Make him inhale a deep breath, and then ask him to exhale through the mouth, while making a hissing sound like a snake. Prolonging the exhalation will help with relaxation.

The “What-if’s” of Recovery

The fear of letting go of an addiction can be all encompassing.  Addiction affects us physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. At the core of my work with those challenged by addiction, the fear of giving up the substance of choice is a very raw, very real one. I am often asked: