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Addiction, unfortunately, is sweeping the continent and destroying families, careers and lives at a record pace. It's hard to imagine any individual, or family, who isn't affected by Addiction in some form or another. If you have a loved one, employee or friend who's battling Addiction and their actions baffle you, keep reading. If you yourself are in the grips of Addiction and want to find a way out, then definitely keep reading. The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation's Carrie Kappel (Associate Director, Health Care Professionals Program) gave an hour-long presentation via webinar on Wednesday entitled Addiction: Part Art, Part Science . I was invited to participate in the event as a partner of the Betty Ford Center. The Foundation regularly sends me their research studies for use in my own presentations (teenage marijuana usage, prevalence of substance abuse among military vets, intervention techniques, etc.). Ms. Kappel's address was clear, concise, and e...

In the latest Pedersen Recovery Rodcast, we're taking a detour from our usual theme of having sports figures share their Recovery stories. On this program I'm joined by Mr. Andrew Galloway, a professional Interventionist from the television program Intervention TV Canada which airs on Slice and in the United States on A&E. Andrew is the former National Director of the Edgewood Health Network, is the co-owner of Hired Sobriety along with Bob Marier, and also works as an Addictions Counselor in Toronto. Simply put, he's a heavyweight in the Recovery community in Canada. We met at Intervention Training in New York City in May, put on by Earl Hightower of Hightower Associates. We became fast friends, and Andrew offered to be a guest on our podcast! On this show Andrew will share his personal Recovery story, and we'll get a behind-the-scenes look at Intervention TV. We'll also explore how Interventions are changing the face of Recovery in North America, a...

We're going local on this month's edition of the Pedersen Recovery Rodcast! Regina radio personality Mark Johnston is making big waves across the province with his fun on-air persona and carefree approach to life. However his life wasn't always this way. The 28-year old Regina product - and former junior hockey player - saw his life spiral to the bottom due to a battle with alcohol and drugs. In this month's Recovery podcast, Mark takes us on his remarkable journey detailing his drinking career, introduction to drugs, his life-changing decision to enter Recovery and what his life's like now. We also delve into some issues we've never covered on this show before like why he made the decision to go public with his story, and, how a sober person celebrates important milestones in life whether they be in Recovery or otherwise. Pedersen Recovery Inc. is sponsored by Fine Foods Grocery Stores, Milk2Go Sport and CJ Evans Home Designs and their generous supp...