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Tiger Resilience LLC

3 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -

When struggling with addiction, many view the abusing person as the only one affected. While considering the devastating effects on the user, many may not take into consideration how others are directly involved; addiction affects the family. Spouses, children, and parents who witness a loved one struggling with addiction experience emotional damage, as well as financial, legal, medical, and other consequences.The biological disease of substance-use disorder can manifest in maladaptive behavior that can be seen as deliberatively harmful toward the family. The family needs to know that the behavior is being driven by the disease and not the person.Tiger Resilience provides integrated, self-serve, practical addiction educational programs that are specifically focused on the family members, not the addicted person.

Mental Health Health & Fitness
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Episodes

Health and Fitness for Stress Relief as a Result of Opioid Addiction

December 13, 2021 01:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB

Personal Trainer Michael Tiger shares his insight on the benefits of exercise for family's struggling with stress from opioid addiction. For more information on Michael Tiger please email us: [email protected] Exercise has overwhelming shown to distract from cravings, but also adds structure to the day. This principle can apply to any issue a person may be going through, not just addiction related. Dependency on said drug, using exercise as that replacement (not in an unhealt...

Is Opioid Addiction a Choice? An interview with Jamie Redwing MD.

November 08, 2021 01:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MB

Tiger Resilience episode features an interview with Jamie Redwing MD, an addiction specialist - medical practitioner. Topic focuses on assisting families/friends understand that opioid addiction is not about moral or character failing.  The truth is that science has confirmed that addiction is a chronic brain disease that can happen to anyone. Yet many still popular subscribe to the belief that addiction is the result of weak character or moral failing. We say that addiction should be looke...

Opioid Addiction Affects Everyone in the Family

October 15, 2021 00:00 - 8 minutes - 5.57 MB

When struggling with addiction, many view the abusing person as the only one affected. While considering the devastating effects on the user, many may not take into consideration how others are directly involved; addiction affects the family. Spouses, children, and parents who witness a loved one struggling with addiction experience emotional damage, as well as financial, legal, medical, and other consequences. The biological disease of substance-use disorder can manifest in maladaptive beh...