The world according to Fames

Good morning Planet Fames! I hope you all have had just a WONDERFUL and AMAZING past couple weeks! IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! 35 years ago, on February 1st, 1984, my AWESOME mother and father graced the world with...ME!! :-) For better or for worse, the world certainly has never been the same! What an incredible ride it's been! In honor of my birthday, I wanted to do a blog that was a little different today. As anyone who knows me knows, I am what I would call....unique individual. (Unicorn for those who REALLY know me! haha) Again, for better or for worse. HAHA! I try to live my life and interact with the world and the people in it, to the best of my ability, from a belief system that I call "radical honesty". Today, I thought I would talk a little bit about "radical honesty" and what that belief system is and what it means to me. Because it's my birthday, and what better way for me to celebrate it than to give the people I care...

Hello again Planet Famers! Yes I know, I know.... long overdue. I think it's time we circle back though, and continue on with my blog series on addiction. So buckle up, and let's continue our dialogue! We have covered, What is Addiction, Alcoholics Anonymous, and SMART Recovery. Today, I would like to take a look at Harm Reduction. Harm Reduction Therapy, a relatively new way of looking at addiction treatment in the United States, is a radical departure from AA and SMART Recovery. Harm Reduction does not necessarily promote abstinence as the only solution for addiction. Instead, it focuses on reducing the damage caused by the addictive behavior. It does not oppose abstinence, but rather recognizes that some individuals seem incapable of maintaining total abstinence. With that aim, Harm Reduction aims to minimize the harmful effects on drug and alcohol use. The Harm Reduction Coalition does an excellent job, in my opinion, of explaining the main principles of Harm Redu...

Hello planet Fames! I am so sorry to have left you all in the lurch for so long! As you all know from my previous couple blogs, things had just built up to the point where I needed to step away from things for a minute and regroup. 2018 was honestly a tough year, I think a lot of people would agree, but for all the challenges and obstacles we were never broken! That is something we can all be proud of! We may have been beaten up a little bit. Knocked down a few times. In spite of it all though, we got back up! We refused to quit! That is something to be proud of! My challenge to all of you, is to carry that determination with you into 2019! Let's make this year our year! I am not normally one of those, "New year, new me!" people. In fact...I'm still not. I don't believe in that kind of mentality, because I believe every experience and challenge we face makes us who we are! It's not about becoming a "New you", it's about becoming a better you!...