Jeffrey Reynolds
NYS Cracks Down on Predatory Addiction Treatment Marketers
The treatment provided is often substandard (most states don’t regulate treatment facilities as rigorously as New York does), not suited...
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Jeffrey Reynolds
Aug 19, 20173 min read
Pawning Your Stuff To Pay for Addiction Treatment
What are you willing to do to get well? It’s a clarifying and motivational question we often ask those struggling with addiction when the...
Jeffrey Reynolds
Aug 11, 20171 min read
What Parents Need to Know about the Hot Water Challenge
Just this week, an 11-year-old girl from the Bronx was severely burned when her 12-year-old friend poured scalding hot water on her...
Jeffrey Reynolds
Jul 29, 20172 min read
Addiction Treatment Marketing Gone Awry
In May 2016, I did some research into TreatmentCalls.com after receiving an unsolicited email. As part of that research, I made a call...
Jeffrey Reynolds
Jul 9, 20172 min read
Just Quit….
Quitting is for losers. That’s the conventional wisdom whether we are talking about jobs, clubs, hobbies or any other venture. And so we...
Jeffrey Reynolds
May 31, 20171 min read
Will Today Be Just Another Day?
It’s May 31st. That date may have no significance to you, but it’s still early and you have a chance to make today a day to remember....
Jeffrey Reynolds
May 19, 20171 min read
What You Need to Know about “Gray Death”
Though ingredients vary, gray death is typically a combination of heroin and synthetic opioids like fentanyl and U-47700, along with...
Jeffrey Reynolds
May 12, 20171 min read
My TEDx Talk at Adelphi on the Heroin Crisis
On March 31, 2017, I was fortunate to be able to deliver a TEDx talk at Adelphi University. Entitled, “Smacked By the Storm: How Long...
Jeffrey Reynolds
May 8, 20172 min read
What’s the Connection Between Drugs and Gangs on Long Island?
Gangs and drugs. With an upswing in gang-related murders, drug overdose deaths and all that comes with unchecked violence and untreated...
Jeffrey Reynolds
Apr 24, 20172 min read
What Are You Laughing At?
Governor Andrew Cuomo visited THRIVE – Long Island’s first and only recovery center – last week to announce new funding to battle New...
Jeffrey Reynolds
Apr 9, 20172 min read
Record Number of Drug Overdoses on Long Island in 2016
Suffolk continued to outpace Nassau as it has since the start of the epidemic, accounting for 303 of opioid fatalities, while Nassau...
Jeffrey Reynolds
Apr 9, 20172 min read
Measuring What Matters?
I measure everything because it makes it easier to gauge how I’m doing, whether I’m improving and to set goals. I know how many steps I...
Jeffrey Reynolds
Apr 6, 20172 min read
TEDx Reflections, Part II
Earlier this week, I wrote about my experiences at last Friday’s TEDx Adelphi University where I delivered a talk entitled, Smacked by...
Jeffrey Reynolds
Apr 4, 20172 min read
A Few Reflections on my TEDx Adelphi Talk
I had the honor of speaking at TEDx Adelphi University last Friday and although I do public speaking all the time, I learned some things...
Jeffrey Reynolds
Mar 14, 20172 min read
Quick Review: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
“Leadership requires two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate it,” Simon Sinek writes in...
Jeffrey Reynolds
Mar 6, 20172 min read
Caumsett 25K Race Recap
It was cold. No. Really Cold. Like 16 degrees with a brisk wind cold. Still, it was sunny, the ground was dry and I felt good as I...
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