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HOPE or H.O.P.E.

HOPE or H.O.P.E. – How  Other  People  Escape 

How Other People Escape the life of addiction is reason enough for us to believe it can happen for our family members also. No matter how many times a person relapses their is always hope. Like any learned behavior, it may not  happen the first  time .  As an example, when we first taught our kids to ride a bike…., very few just pedaled away. I know that for one of my kids it took 4 or 5 session and as many crashes along the way. To get her to ride a two wheeled bike., albeit wobbly,  was in fact a learned skill over many sessions and  It took many more practice sessions for her to ride with confidence and many more before she could ride alone. Some people may  “get it” the first time others may take many more times. Everyone learns differently and at a different rate. As long as they keep trying to learn the skills necessary to stay sober, and  we support them in a healthy way.and  keep ourselves healthy, there is HOPE.

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Mark Lipp: Mark is a charismatic, well-spoken life expert when it comes to the effects of addiction with both a brother who was an addict for almost 30 years, and a daughter who is a heroin addict. He is a Robbins-Madanes “Strategic Intervention Coach” and helps people transform their lives in areas of Business, Leadership, Interpersonal Relationships, and Family Issues. He’s led countless people to transformational healing as a result of his experience. His new Book "An Addict Within,” concretely demonstrates lessons learned in dealing with addiction in the family with humor, unyielding truth and candor. Mark is a frequent motivational speaker for those suffering from the effects of the ongoing problem of addiction. Mark has been hailed as an honest, refreshing, emotional, and entertaining motivational speaker. He shares the most intimate details of his life, his journey, and how he came to grips with fixing his own life and that of his family members. Just five minutes with Mark, and you can see how his personality, knowledge, and insight to the family illness addiction brings, make him a wonderful, motivating and entertaining speaker. Mark is a highly successful entrepreneur, manufacturing electronics for the Broad Band Industry. He attended NYU receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Music and Syracuse University where he received an MBA in Operations Management and Finance.

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