Peter Marinelli Shares His Thoughts Peter Marinelli, the Director of Sober Residences at FHE Health, shares his passion and insight about sobriety. Peter has been sober over 25 years and has dedicated his life to helping others recover from alcoholism and drug addiction. What's Your Truth? The truth is true until we ... Read More
Addiction News
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What’s Your Truth? By Peter Marinelli
Peter Marinelli Discusses How Numb We’ve Become
Wake Up Everybody! by Peter Marinelli "It becomes very frightening when tragedies become very matter of fact." -Peter Marinelli How often do we watch the local news that discusses the events of the day locally and internationally only to hear of killings, terrorism, kidnappings or unemployment and financial debt? We ... Read More
Enough Already: When Will This Country Treat Addiction? By Peter Marinelli
There is much debate going on about the question of having choice or not when it comes to chemical addiction. At the time of this writing, there is a heroin pandemic that has hit the country. Treatment centers, drug courts and jails are packed. Overdoses have increased four and five fold. And yet, sadly, those seeking ... Read More
Peter Marinelli Shares “Touching Our History”
About Peter Marinelli Peter Marinelli is the Director of Sober Residences at FHE Health. Peter has been sober over 25 years and has dedicated his life to helping others recover from alcoholism and drug addiction. From time to time, Peter will offer some of his wisdom and experience through enjoyable stories and ... Read More
Nelson Mandela’s Granddaughter Tells Her Addiction Story
For some reason people think that those born into wealthy families or move up into celebrity status are not normal human beings. It’s as if wealth, privilege, and celebrity are going to somehow turn people into robots. These people are expected to be bullet proof and addiction proof. That is never going to happen ... Read More
Neuroscientist Finds Direct Link Between Stimulus-Response Learning and Addiction
Could Stimulus Response Learning and Addiction be Connected? We don't have to be told that we engage in activities that bring us pleasure because naturally we all do that. In addiction, the pleasure seeking activities involve alcohol and/or a drug that gets us high. When you ask a cocaine or heroin user about their ... Read More
How To Listen To God by Peter Marinelli
These are a few simple suggestions for people who are not willing to make an experiment. You can discover for yourself the most important and practical thing any human being can ever learn-how to be in touch with God. All that is needed is the willingness to try it honestly. Every person who has done this consistently ... Read More
Pay Up by Peter Marinelli
There has always been the debate to pay or not to pay college athletes. It’s time the NCAA wake up to the fact the days of “June and Ward Cleaver” are long gone. Stadiums are packed, frenzied media coverage, the sale of jerseys, programs, food, ect ., everyone making a dollar except the players who are doing all the ... Read More