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Oklahoma City paint company celebrates 40th anniversary Published: Wed, May 23, 2012 Joe Cox started the business in 1972, while unemployed after several years working in the paint industry. His three sons also work for the company. Read More
Into action Published: Mon, May 21, 2012 Right now, there are too many people in crisis for me to fill this space with the musing of my own head. It's time for action. Dear Mr. Moyers: You talk all the time about alcoholics or people who use drugs. But what about the rest of us, the family? My mother is drinking herself into a bad, bad situation.... Read More
Oklahoma doctor loses license at hearing Thursday Updated: Thu, May 17, 2012 Bruce S. Gilmore, who practiced internal medicine in Davis, Okla., had his medical license revoked Thursday. Read More
Much better now to the end Published: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 There are a lot of us out there. A recent national survey by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and the New York Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services asked people this question: "Did you once have a problem with drugs or alcohol, but no longer do?" According to the survey data, 1 in 10 of the... Read More
Mental health program aids convicts in return to society Published: Tue, Mar 13, 2012 TULSA — When Allan Benkosky was 9 and growing up in California, he and some friends were playing with guns. He was shot, and then they were shot, he said. Because of the incident, a parent of one of his friends beat his mother so badly she died from the injuries. "Things went bad ever since," Benkosky said.... Read More
Whitney's legacy Published: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 Had she lived, Whitney Houston would have been in the second-to-last "class" of baby boomers turning 50 years old. Her death underscores a dangerous dynamic facing this generation as it enters older age. About 77 million Americans were born between 1946 and 1964, the span generally defined as the baby boom... Read More
Stealth bomber Published: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 Sometimes it is the immediacy of the moment's emotions that demands this space, and that's what spills forth right now. The best I can do is just lay it out; if I think too hard, I'll bury it in a neat and tidy column, and you won't know what I'm feeling. Tonight a friend of mine is in the Union Gospel Mission. As... Read More
My hero Mel, twice Published: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 It's not often any of us can claim one hero twice in our lives, and for different reasons. In my life, that's Mel Schulstad. He died this month. He was 93. This past week, I had the honor of offering a eulogy at his memorial service in Everett, Wash. Here is part of what I shared: Col. Lewis Melvin Schulstad... Read More
Back at me Published: Mon, Jan 23, 2012 My most memorable moment with a boomerang as a kid was tossing it in defiance of the large plate-glass window across the street from where I was standing. Mine clearly was not designed for sport; those, if thrown properly, return to the thrower, at least in theory. No, mine flew as the boomerang was originally... Read More
Driving after imbibing is never worth the risk Published: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 For me, the thought of being drunk makes me feel ill to my stomach. I have personally experienced how alcohol abuse can wreak havoc in a family. Only when I learned that red wine had medicinal properties did I start having a glass on occasion. Alcohol abuse ruins families, is a major underlying cause for violent... Read More
Length of time from first use to adult treatment admission Published: Wed, Dec 7, 2011 It goes without saying that to reduce the negative consequences of substance abuse, it is important for individuals who need treatment to receive services as soon as possible. However, the length of time between first use of a substance and entry into treatment for that substance can be substantial. I've been... Read More
An epidemic in The Sooner State Published: Tue, Nov 8, 2011 I was saddened but not surprised to see the (recent) front-page article in The Oklahoman on prescription opiates. The article did not mention that Oklahoma was No. 1 in prescription opiate abuse in the nation in 2010. Folks, we have an epidemic here in The Sooner State. Yes, meth is a huge problem that could be... Read More
Time bomb Published: Tue, Oct 18, 2011 Once the fuse is lit, how long do you have? A story of addiction almost always starts with a graphic description of the moment the user got high for the first time. "In high school, I blew out my knee in gymnastics, and the doctor gave me codeine," a woman new in sobriety told me the other day. "My mother put me... Read More
Substance abuse vs. addiction Published: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 * Why do you bother me? I only drink a six-pack of beer a night! * I only use meth on weekends — like, it’s not every day! * I don’t know why the doctor is mad at me just because I took four weeks of Lortabs in 10 days. He gave them to me! These are just a few examples of the many statements I have... Read More
Further defining addiction Published: Mon, Aug 29, 2011 The national buzz last week was the doctors' opinion that addiction is all about screwed-up wiring in the brain. Here is the American Society of Addiction Medicine's new definition of addiction: "Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Addiction affects... Read More
Battling food addiction Published: Wed, Aug 24, 2011 The term “food addiction” has not been commonly accepted by the general public as a true addiction, like alcoholism or opiate addiction. A recent study of “food addiction” was done in Toronto, Canada, at York University using the Yale Food Addiction. The YFAS was the first attempt to categorize FA (food... Read More
Dog days Updated: Tue, Aug 16, 2011 Summer's dog days offer an unfettered moment to consider these notably straightforward tidbits, mostly without my expansive commentary: — People with mental illness are likelier to seek relief by self-medicating with alcohol or other drugs. So says a "new" study by the Archives of General Psychiatry, which... Read More
Winehouse, Tony Bennett duet to be charity single Updated: Fri, Aug 5, 2011 LONDON — Amy Winehouse's family says the singer's final recording will be released as a charity single next month. The late singer's father said Thursday the proceeds from "Body and Soul" — a duet with Tony Bennett — will go to the newly established Amy Winehouse Foundation. Mitch... Read More
'Stop trying to save me' Published: Tue, Jul 12, 2011 In a litany of one-liners and punch lines that the audience anticipated before the actors spoke them, there was a scene onstage that transcended anything we had expected. It happened the other night at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, where a reading of the play "Bill W. and Dr. Bob" told the story of how two... Read More
'Stop trying to save me' Published: Tue, Jul 12, 2011 In a litany of one-liners and punch lines that the audience anticipated before the actors spoke them, there was a scene onstage that transcended anything we had expected. It happened the other night at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, where a reading of the play "Bill W. and Dr. Bob" told the story of how two... Read More
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