Lessons Learned is a New Vital Voyage Series. For our readership, this next series is for all of us to reflect on lessons learned. 

Substance use disorder is the most stigmatized health condition in the world. It is one of the most significant barriers to recovery.

Heroes in Recovery is a grassroots movement that seeks to remove the social stigma associated with getting substance use disorder treatment.

This Vital Voyage "Next Generation" Issue will describe how to change the narrative on substance use disorder.

Transformation allows people with adult-child syndrome (ACS) to take control of their lives and continue living a life of change.

“Adult children of alcoholics” (ACOA) and “adult children of narcissists” (ACON) share a bond of growing up in dysfunctional families.

Get professional help with addiction withdrawal and detox.  Inpatient and outpatient treatment programs can address all types of substance

Survival strategies for children of alcoholics often live on as adults.  , These survival strategies need to be unlearned and discarded.

According to the American Addiction Centers, 20.3 million adults diagnosed with SUDs, and more than a 1/3 also suffer from mental illness...

By Tom O’Connor and Lauren Grawert, MD, FASAM, Co-Authors Is there a recovery from Adult-Child Syndrome? Is there partial recovery?

The impact of growing up in an alcoholic family can be troublesome. The alcoholic family is often characterized by dysfunction, emotional...

Mental illness symptoms, such as the Adult Children of Alcoholics, can affect emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Mental illnesses are nothin

Next Generation: Special Issue Thomas O'Connor. Author September 25, 2024 Case Study. College sweethearts, each 40 years old, have been...

Growing up as a child of a parent who struggles with alcohol can have a lasting impact on your life. The struggles and challenges faced.....