

Top 6 Recovery Benefits
We all enter the rooms of addiction recovery in one way or another, but not usually on the wings of victory. The drugs and booze...


Taking Pain Medication in Recovery
I had surgery this past Friday to repair my rotator cuff that had me in chronic pain. I am sober five years in just a couple of weeks. I...


5 Benefits of Trauma Informed Therapy
Trauma Informed Care approaches clients from a perspective of respect for them as individuals, for their survival skills and for their...


10 Benefits to Long-Term Treatment
Families of addicted loved ones have long asked the same question: What is your success rate? In other words, what percentage of your...


Physical Relapse (and How to Get Back on the Horse)
Physical relapse is the last part in the process, so I guess this would be THE EVENT. Once you start thinking about relapse, if you don’t...


Mental Relapse (Part II)
Relapse is a process and not an event. In this second part of the relapse process this is where the rubber starts to meet the road, as...


Can You Spot a High-Functioning Alcoholic?
Let’s face it, habits can be difficult to break, but sometimes they can be even more difficult to admit. This is what can make them so...


Emotional Relapse
Relapse is a process, it’s not an event. In order to understand relapse prevention you have to understand the stages of relapse. Relapse...


Five Not-So Obvious Relapse Triggers
No one can tell you what your road to recovery will look like. They can only tell you the experiences of those who have walked this path...


Fentanyl Has Changed Heroin Forever
Pain Killer or Pain Creator? In all reality, the dangers of fentanyl and heroin tower over that of most other narcotics. We all know...



































