A personal recovery journey is bittersweet. It can be wildly beautiful but also brings painful losses – the many deaths […]
Substance Abuse Treatment and Recovery
Do Substance Use Disorders Run in the Family? A Personal Perspective on Biology and Environment
It was my first time in detox. It seemed that the final culmination of my life’s work landed me in […]
Choosing A Treatment Program Can Be Tough
Go to the grocery store for a salad dressing without a specific brand, name, or type and be prepared to […]
The Collegiate View: Substance Abuse in College Students, Why is it so Common?
The Collegiate View is a reoccurring blog series highlighting mental and behavioral health issues affecting today’s young adults and college students. […]
Executive Functions Most Affected by Addiction.
Executive functioning is a skill based function we are born with. The frontal lobe of our brain is responsible for […]
Every Day Crises Of Early Sobriety: Why We All Need A Little Help From A Friend
Stop drinking. Move on. Early sobriety shouldn’t be any more complicated than that- until you are the one living it. […]
One Small Way To Keep Life More Organized
Life in recovery can start moving fast. After years of suffering, you finally find freedom from the pain and unmanageability […]
Setting SMART Goals
Venus Williams has seven Grand Slam singles titles to her name, as just one of her endless achievements. The world […]
Interventions: Myth vs. Reality
The media portrays interventions in a very specific way. The interventions that we see on TV shows such as Intervention, The Real […]
Why Should I Implement A Program Of Aftercare?
When you go to the doctor, you leave with instructions. For example, when you are given a medication, the medication […]
