Last week, I wrote about an old friend being shaken from the welfare tree because he was deemed "not disabled enough" to forgo work. Thursday, I picked my messages to hear the first shade of hope in this man's voice in many months. He was jubilantly announcing that, after six years of Read More...
Monday Monday
October 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It is Monday, October 10th, 2011. It is raining in North Hawai'i and an Australian won the Iron man Triathlon held in Kailua Kona last weekend. Just got a call a from an old friend who has been out of work for over a year and who just learned that his meager welfare benefit is being Read More...
Step one
October 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Step one. "Admitted we powerless over alcohol and our lives had become unmanageable". These words occur to me today; not about alcohol, but about the many curve balls life has hurled my way since I last blogged. Like many Americans, I honestly believed the dream of prosperity would never end. Read More...
Free Course in Professional Ethics for the Addictions Professional
September 26, 2011 By 2 Comments
We are now offering FREE enrollment in the course "Professional Ethics and Issues for the Addictions Professional" for ALL registered users on our training site. We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity to get to know our courses and our academy a little better. This course is a Read More...
PAHA Director Elizabeth Bush Awarded Certified Co-Occurring Disorders Professional-Diplomate
September 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Pacific Academy of the Healing Arts is pleased to announce that its founder and director, Elizabeth Bush, APRN-Rx, CARN, AP, CSAC has been awarded the internationally recognized title Certified Co-Occurring Disorders Professional-Diplomate (CCDP-D) by the Hawaii Dept. of Health, Alcohol and Drug Read More...
