Aging & Addiction by Kathleen Parrish, LPC
Sam is a 73-year-old retiree living in an upscale, gated community located in the Southwest sunbelt. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a real estate developer. Sam and his wife raised three happy and successful children, though he lost his wife of 45 years to cancer about two years ago. All who know him think of Sam as witty, intelligent, and thoughtful. Sam is also an alcoholic who, for the past six years has been addicted to prescription pain medication...Click here to read the story in .PDF format from Arizona Together,Arizona's Good News Newspaper.
Written by our very own Kathleen Parrish the Clinical Director here at Cottonwood Tucson. We strive to provide a holistic approach to alcohol and drug addiction; treating mind, body and spirit.
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Labels: About Us, drug and alcohol recovery, Elderly, Prescription Drugs, Sobriety
posted by Cottonwood de Tucson | 2:25 PM
1 Comments:
Wow Kathleen thanks for such an informative article on addiction in the aging population. Being in the aging population myself, (I'll get the senior discount in four more years, yea!) It answers why I am seeing many more seniors with drug and alcohol addictions, but especially prescription medication addiction. I especially appreciated the explanation of Erikson's theories about how we deal with our aging process. I heard it once said we spend most of our early years creating the package and our later years becoming more concerned with what is in the package. I see it in my own life. I am very proud that Cottonwood is doing a part in identifying and assisting a part of our community that sometimes becomes invisible to the rest of the world. Thank you again I thoroughly enjoyed your article.
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