An Addiction Exercise

“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” – Johnny Cash Here’s a bitContinue reading “An Addiction Exercise”

Working with Families Presentation.

  This is a presentation I gave about the unique set of stressors an addict in the family can bring about. I presented this to Thai Government officials in Feb 2015 as part of a presentation to enhance Thailand’s medical knowlegdge of addiction services. Dylan kerr Family Presentation from Dylan Kerr ACAT FDAP MBABCP

Throwback Thursday

Here is an article on Pete Doherty where he discussed the connoisseur’s rehab where I was head counselor and his therapist: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/watch-pete-doherty-explains-the-connoisseurs-rehab-regime-that-finally-got-him-clean-9876307.html “You’d have to be pretty internally f***ed up to not find peace here eventually. It’s conducive to peace. It’s kind of the connoisseur’s rehab really. You find people come here when they knowContinue reading “Throwback Thursday”

First time, 12 steps

I arrived in Thailand for the first time in 2014.  I had fantasized many a time of plans to visit Thailand for a Holiday since spending time in Malaysia with family, but such is life that it never happened. A few months prior to this move I was chatting with a former colleague of mineContinue reading “First time, 12 steps”