A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Opening Insights: Time for a Change As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world…as in being able to remake ourselves.MAHATMA GANDHI Many addiction sufferers choose to enroll [...]
Discovery Recovery Co-Lab
Facts Don’t Win Arguments: The Backfire Effect
Opening Insights: Renouncing Erroneous Opinions I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but holding it a sound maxim, that it is better to be only sometimes right, than at all [...]
Google Search Uses a Medical Quiz to Help Diagnose Depression
Opening Insights A Engadet UK article written by Joh Fingas, dated August 23, 2017, highlights that "Google is offering a verified test that could lead to treatment." This reality should cause the hair on the [...]
Scientists Have Discovered How to Find Your Bad Memories and DELETE Them From Your Mind For Good
Opening Insights New medical breakthrough could be used to help rape sufferers or soldiers with PTSD Pocket Wisdom Insights (PWI) invites you to explore the following Co-Lab Blog. This blog features parts of an influential […]
We Have Missed The Boat
Opening Insights The world that has “missed the boat.” The world is blind and blind-sided to the realities that are unfolding. Many people don’t want to see the elephant in the living room, and so […]
Behaviors/Thinking That Inhibit or Counter Recovery
Opening Insights Counterproductive Behaviors/Thinking exploit, manipulate or violate the rights of others lack concern, regret or remorse about other people’s distress or life unwillingness to disclose information not providing specifics, details and examples lying and […]
Kung Fu (Pilot)
Opening Insights Inspirational Movies, such as Kung Fu, are often assigned to set the mood and support recovery principles and lessons. Informational Insights Assignments are often customized to the Recovery Buddy Participant. Here is an […]
Learning How to Think by Re-Connecting to Intrinsic Value
Opening Insights I Think, Therefore I Am For many of us, we learned how to find and provide the right answers. This solution became the cornerstone to our communication. We learned how to write and […]
Who Will Be There When I Change?
Opening Insights In the old debate of nature vs. nurture… there are many sides to the story. But in the world of change, one thing remains certain… that the environment in which we live and […]
PWI Recovery Co-Lab 101
Opening Insights Informational Insights Does Man Create the Environment or Does the Environment Create Man? The PWI Recovery approach deals with addiction as a cultural, family and social problem. In order for the addict to […]
What is Alcoholism?
Opening Insights There are many different types of addiction. There are many different classifications and labels. Yet in the world of addiction, all addictions like people are equal but different. While each addiction represents itself […]
Are You Afraid to Ask A Stupid Question?
Opening Insights Are you afraid to ask a stupid question? You are not alone. At one point or another, we have all asked a stupid question. But, was it a stupid question or was it […]
The Power of the Question
Opening Insights Questions are an important part of our lives and the evolution of our civilization. When we stop asking questions is when we stop evolving. This reality is fast approaching in many educational systems […]
PWI Recovery: An Integrated System
Opening Insights Pocket Wisdom Insights offers an integrated and systematic approach to recovery that engages all stakeholders in the process for long-term recovery success. Pocket Wisdom Insights saw the problems and the gaps within the […]
Implementing Change: The Cleveland Clinic Model Super-Sized
Opening Insights The thought of change is ominous for most people. Many people experience the desire to change, yet few have the enduring will to make it so. We see the problem with change in the high recidivism […]
Empowering Patient-Doctor Communication for Improved Outcomes
Opening Insights There are two critical aspects to health care: The Proficiency of The Physician to Lead (Level 5) The Willingness of The Patient to Follow (Level 5) If these two mind-sets are not bonded […]
Do You Know Somebody Who?
Clearing Up The Addiction Mystery…
Opening Insights This blog is a collection of Pocket Wisdom Insights that enable you to recognize and understand addictive and alcoholic behaviors and personalities. Informational Insights The Alcoholic addict personality is fear-based. This means those […]
Why Do We Stay Stuck in Anger?
Opening Insights Remember The 80/20 Rule: 20% of our quality of life is determined by what happens to us; 80% of our quality of life is determined by how we deal with it. As we […]
He Had It All and It Was Real
Opening Insights The roar of the engine awoke a lucid sea. She was a sight to see at 68 feet. Crew member Benny had christened her with a helping of fresh water and she glistened […]
Pocket Wisdom Insights Intervention vs. Traditional Intervention
Opening Insights Most intervention processes focus on boxing the patient into a corner with tough love, treats of loss and bullying awareness of the cost of their behavior. This process often happens as a group […]