Entries from May 2008

May 28, 2008

Overcoming Alcoholism and Reclaiming Your Life

By Dr. Chad Audi 
Alcoholism is a disease just like diabetes or hypertension or heart disease. Medically, it’s known as “alcohol dependence syndrome.” It begins with binge drinking and alcohol abuse and often becomes life-threatening. Many of the people we service at the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (DRMM) have struggled for years with alcoholism. In most [...]

May 14, 2008

The Innocent Victims of Homelessness

By Dr. Chad Audi
Imagine being a child, doing all of the things that children enjoy ─ going to school, making friends, playing in the schoolyard ─ but with one big difference: you have no place to call home. Sounds like an incredibly sad situation, doesn’t it? Well, that is the reality for thousands of children [...]