March 2008 – Tips & Topics

TIPS & TOPICS Volume 5, No.11 March 2008 In this issue — SAVVY — SKILLS — SOUL — SHAMELESS SELLING — As a RESULT of your FEEDBACK — Until Next Time Welcome to March’s Tips and Topics (TNT), especially to the many new subscribers. As usual we are running late, so this March edition will likely get to you in early April. It is after all, free, so I guess you get what you pay for!

March 2007 – Tips & Topics

TIPS & TOPICS Volume 4, No.10 March 2007 In this issue — SAVVY — SKILLS — SOUL — Until Next Time Welcome to the March edition of TNT, especially if you are one of the many new subscribers.

December 2005 – Tips & Topics

TIPS & TOPICS  Volume 3, No.6 December 2005 In this issue – SAVVY – SKILLS – SOUL – STUMP THE SHRINK……. – Until Next Time Happy New Year! By the time you read this, for most it will be 2006. I hope you receive the best gift of all this year – good health. Welcome to all the new subscribers who have joined us since last month. You can browse back issues of TIPS and TOPICS by going to the homepage of www.DMLMD.com . Click on ‘Read Back Issues’. There is also now a printable version of each edition.

September 2005 – Tips & Topics

TIPS & TOPICS Volume 3, No.5 September 2005 In this issue – SAVVY – SKILLS – SOUL – STUMP THE SHRINK – Until Next Time A significant number of new readers are joining us this month, so welcome to you. Thanks too, to all of you who have been with TIPS and TOPICS for many months and even years. I appreciate the many comments and messages of appreciation you send me.

June 2005 – Tips & Topics

TIPS & TOPICS Volume 3, No.3 June 2005 In this issue – SAVVY – SKILLS – SOUL – STUMP THE SHRINK – SHAMELESS SELLING – Until Next Time Thanks for reading the June edition of TIPS and TOPICS. Welcome to all the new readers who signed up this month.

January 2005 – Tips & Topics

TIPS & TOPICS Volume 2, No. 9 January 2005 In this issue – SAVVY – SKILLS – SOUL – SHAMELESS SELLING – Until Next Time Welcome readers! Happy New Year! Actually January is nearly over and it seems 2005 is already in full swing.

May 2004 – Tips & Topics

TIPS and TOPICS Vol 2, No.2 May 2004 In this issue – SAVVY – SKILLS – SOUL – STUMP THE SHRINK – Until next time WELCOME! Welcome to the May edition of TIPS and TOPICS. Unlike big magazines like TIME where you receive the week’s edition before the date on the cover, this humble effort usually comes late in the month. Finding the “spare time” to get this to you often gets lost in other deadlines. But here it is.

March 2004 – Tips & Topics

TIPS and TOPICS Vol 1, No.11 March 2004 In this issue – SAVVY – SKILLS – SOUL – Until next time WELCOME! Recently I was training on the ASAM Criteria. I was surprised by some fundamental misunderstandings even from people using the criteria for many years. As you may know, I have been involved with, and chaired the development of the Patient Placement Criteria (PPC) for the Treatment of Substance Related Disorders of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) since its beginning in the late 1980’s. For those of you who do not know the ASAM PPC, these are consensus criteria that match people with substance use problems to the appropriate level of care within a broad continuum of services.

November 2003 – Tips & Topics

TIPS and TOPICS Volume 1, No. 7 November 2003 In this issue – SAVVY…….. – SKILLS…….. – SOUL……… – STUMP the SHRINK… – Until next time…… WELCOME! Welcome to November’s edition of TIPS and TOPICS. Thanks to all of you who take the time to write to tell me how you are appreciating and using the TIPS and TOPICS with your team and agency. I may not have written you back, but I do read all your messages and am very grateful for your comments and questions.

July 2003 – Tips & Topics

TIPS and TOPICS Vol 1, No.3 June 2003 In this issue – SAVVY – SKILLS – SOUL – SUCCESS STORIES – Until next time…… WELCOME! Thank-you for taking the time to read this third edition of TIPS and TOPICS. If you are receiving this for the first time, the April and May editions are on my website. Certainly feel free to forward TIPS and TOPICS to others who may be interested.

June 2003 – Tips & Topics

TIPS and TOPICS Vol 1, No.3 June 2003 In this issue – SAVVY – SKILLS – SOUL – SUCCESS STORIES – Until next time…… WELCOME! Thank-you for taking the time to read this third edition of TIPS and TOPICS. If you are receiving this for the first time, the April and May editions are on my website. Certainly feel free to forward TIPS and TOPICS to others who may be interested.