“Wendy Richardson has written a superb book about the struggle ADHD combined with addiction often leads to. She writes with empathy, knowledge, and skill. This is the best book on this topic that I have seen. I recommend it most highly.”
– Edward Hallowll, MD, coauthor of Delivered from Distraction and Driven to Distraction
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Wendy Richardson continues to blaze new trails in the uncharted territory of ADHD and addictive behavior. She opens new avenues of hope and help with her latest book. Outstanding!
-Michelle Novotni, PH.D. psychologist, international lecturer, author of Adult ADHD and What Does Everybody Else Know the I Don’t?
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As an Addiction Professional and the parent of an ADHD daughter, Wendy Richardson has created concrete answers for a most frustrating mental disorder – “progress, not perfection.”
-Delbert B. Boone B.S. (Book-subject, Trouble Teens, Trouble Parents), Videos (Psychology of Addiction, Marijuana, Sobriety, Straight Up, Hip Hop Sobriety, Going’ Home To Stay) Multiple Telly Award winner
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Are you finding yourself drinking and using drugs more than usual? Are you losing control of your eating? As human beings, we find creative ways to decrease and numb emotional, physical, and spiritual pain. For some, increased consumption of alcohol and other drugs may temporarily ease feelings of fear, anxiety, irritability, anger, and frustration. Self-medicating […]
It is common for people with ADHD to turn to addictive substances such as alcohol, marijuana, heroin, prescription opiates and anti-anxiety medication, nicotine, caffeine, sugar, cocaine, and street amphetamines in attempts to soothe their restless brains and bodies. Using substances to improve our abilities, help us feel better, or decrease and numb our feelings is […]
As human beings we find creative ways to decrease our emotional, physical, and spiritual pain. Some people use alcohol and other drugs to ease the pain and frustration of their ADHD symptoms. Eating in ways that are not good for us, but temporarily make us feel better is also a form of self-medicating. Self-medicating is […]
