First Step Consultation – Brian Farr M.S. in Ed., C.A.S.A.C.

  Some weeks I despise writing this blog.  Especially when the topic is about something I would rather ignore.  This was the case last week, when I felt compelled to shine some light into the dark corner I had been sitting in while stuffing my face with unhealthy, sugar laden treats.  Despite my refusal to […]

I like muffins.  And I must admit that when I first heard the slang term “muffin top” used to describe the puffy layer of fat-filled skin that oozes over one’s waist line and overhangs the waistline of one’s clothing, I knew that my appreciation and taste for muffins would be forever altered.  I don’t think […]

My two girls were both in school plays this year, and both shone like the bright stars they are in this father’s humble opinion.  One was Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the other was The Cat in the Hat in Seussical the Musical. The pose and talent and joy that my […]

In my experience, the term “harmless drug” is an oxymoron, an expression meant to convince someone that the use of a certain substance is perfectly acceptable because of the low possibility of damage the drug may cause to one’s body or mind.  The problem with this line of thinking is that most drugs are considered […]

I know how the Colonel feels.  Starting this fall, “Professor” Farr will begin a full time position at Hudson Valley Community College teaching and supervising future substance abuse counselors.  And although I did not use any explosives, machine guns, or covert means to knock Bosco Albert “B.A.” Baracus out and get him on the plane, […]

My mom is a great lady, but you don’t want to get on her bad side.  The term “Hurricane Rosy” was coined about the time I was entering adolescence and had the misfortune of joining my mother on a trip to an electronics store with a radio that my sister had received as a gift […]

  In case you missed it, time stopped briefly on April 7th of this year.  You may not have noticed, or it may have only happened to me, but I know for sure that it happened.  I had just gotten into my car after buying some last minute Easter supplies at the pharmacy.  I glanced […]

Another Easter season has come and gone and my family and I are not attending any church services with regularity.  This disturbs me to some extent.  It had been a goal of mine this year to find a place of organized religion that I felt comfortable with and to begin attending services as a family.  […]

For those of you who do not know “and I find it extremely hard to believe that any of you would not know,” April 1st of each year is the official start of trout fishing season in New York State.  Having grown up in and around a family business that was based on fishing, this […]

I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better I can not tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible; I must […]