Can energy drinks cap the potential of one’s recovery and happiness in life?
About Dan Griffin
Dan Griffin, M.A., has worked in the mental health and addictions field for over sixteen years. He lives in Minnesota with his beautiful wife and two-year old daughter and has been in recovery for 17 years. He wrote A Man’s Way Through the Twelve Steps (Hazelden) and co-authored Helping Men Recover. Do you want to read more of Dan’s writing and learn more about his work? You can go to: www.dangriffin.com.
5 Ways to Improve Men’s Addiction Treatment
February 23, 2013 by 8 Comments
Dan Griffin believes that addiction treatments will be more effective when we treat men as men.
Fathering to Heal
November 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There is no way I can understand who I am as a father without understanding who I am as a son.
Rebuilding Intimacy After Addiction
October 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
Dan Griffin, on why intimacy, love, and sex are much more powerful together than they are apart.
The Sex Funnel
October 3, 2012 by 24 Comments
How much are you limiting your relationships by framing intimacy in terms of sex? Dan Griffin talks about his own experiences.
But How Am I Supposed to Be with Her Sober?
September 8, 2012 by 10 Comments
The first time Dan Griffin asks a woman out in recovery, the intensity of the experience is overwhelming.
Daddy’s Little Girl: Hush Little Baby
August 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Daddy can soothe Baby to sleep as well as Mommy.
Private—Men Only
June 28, 2012 by 22 Comments
Dan Griffin thinks there’s a place for single-gender spaces, so long as the people involved are genuinely of good will.
Into the Arms of My Lover…..Sweet, Sweet Porn
May 15, 2012 by 57 Comments
Who do you turn to when you fight with your partner?
The Power of Powerlessness
March 21, 2012 by 4 Comments
Sobriety teaches a man the paradoxical power of powerlessness.
Working to Make a Life
March 18, 2012 by 4 Comments
Dan Griffin works to balance it all – career, family, travel, you name it. But at the end of the day, his work-life balance is focused on his family.
Table for One
February 15, 2012 by 13 Comments
Who calls and reserves a table for one in a restaurant? Dan Griffin has learned to enjoy his own company.
Fear Less
January 12, 2012 by 3 Comments
Being fearless consists of much more than denying what you’re afraid of, Dan Griffin writes.
When Trauma Triggers Are Everywhere: The Hidden Impact of the Jerry Sandusky Trial
December 17, 2011 by 7 Comments
It’s up to us, Dan Griffin writes, to decide if anything good will come out of the Penn State scandal.
Do I Hate Men?
October 17, 2011 by 20 Comments
Dan Griffin meditates on masculinity, fear, and the importance of always questioning your beliefs.
Celebrating the Differences Between the Sexes
October 4, 2011 by 10 Comments
In a time when many wonder about the future of gender, Dan Griffin doesn’t believe that manhood is going anywhere.
“You have reminded me how much I love men!”
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