Pills Don’t Teach Skills

Just read Zoe Kessler’s article ADHD for Adults: Finally, a guide for grownups online at MORE’s website, the link is below.
I have read and absorbed a lot of information over the past number of years and I think this is one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time. The article […]

Considering I hate coffee (sorry Starbucks), the title of this post is kind of ironic. For you coffee fanatics, I’m not a coffee discriminator. I actually love the smell of coffee! We’ve likely all heard the saying, wake up and smell the coffee, or the roses. No matter what version you’ve heard, if you […]

Living in the present, what the heck does that mean? I’ll use compassion as an example. Some people with ADD can be close-minded to opening their thoughts beyond what they see in front of them. As a specific example, I could be a little more compassionate some times and I work on improving that. By […]

For many people with ADD, they tend to combat their challenges with substances like alcohol, caffeine, marijuana, prescriptions, pain medication, nicotine, and other drugs. When a person uses these substances to improve or to try and feel better, it is now referred to as self medicating.
I’ve heard this being referred to as “putting out fire […]