We hear a lot about the fact that addiction is a disease that can be treated. Addiction is considered a chronic and recurring illness. While we can and do recover from our addictive behaviors, it’s misleading to say that there’s … Read More
Feeling Out of Control?
While we can’t control everything, we can control our responses to the world around us. Here’s how to feel empowered, more in control, and gain increased peace. Recovery is a time of tremendous peaks and valleys. Negative thoughts and feelings … Read More
Codependency: How to Spot It
We hear the term “codependency” in a lot in recovery circles. It refers to an intense psychological and emotional dependence on someone else (usually, but not always, a romantic partner). The term was originally used in AA to refer to … Read More
How to Surrender
We know that the idea of surrender is extremely important to the recovery process. Sometimes surrendering references the 12-Step program, the idea of recovery, or to the fact that we have a problem. In early recovery, the idea of surrendering … Read More
An Increase in Suicide Among Middle-Aged Men
New reports have revealed that there is an increase in suicide rates among middle-aged white men specifically. Let’s look at the information and discuss ways in which we can support mental health for men and women of every age. According … Read More
Attachment 101: Avoidant Attachment
The stereotype of the disconnected male is one thing, but when the inability to be emotionally close is sourced from an avoidant attachment issue, it changes the game. This is the beginning of a series of articles focused on attachment … Read More
What We Want vs. What We Need
As we get to know ourselves better and begin to develop lasting relationships with others, whether in the form of friendships or romantic partnerships, it’s important to sort our needs from our wants. Figuring out what’s necessary for you in … Read More
White Knuckles
When we awaken from the nightmare that was our active addiction, we are essentially faced with 3 choices; we can go back living in our disease, we can choose the path of recovery, or we can try to remain sober … Read More
We Are Not Our Disease
Although there has been progress in the way that society views those who suffer from the disease of addiction over the past 20 years or so, the fact remains that sufferers of this disease are often characterized in a unidimensional … Read More
The Emerging Opiate Crisis and Societal Unrest
In recent years, we have seen a sharp increase in the number of opiate prescriptions, admittances to treatment for Substance Use Disorder, and deaths resulting from overdose. In the last 3 years alone, the staggering number of opiates deaths per … Read More