Building a brotherhood is one of the most healing, memorable parts of a man’s experience at Tree House Recovery in Portland, Oregon. Together, men endure a series of challenges mental, physical, and beyond. By sharing their stories, working out together, … Read More
Celebrate Your Recovery Story With National Recovery Month
Recovery Month started in 1989 celebrating the importance of treatment in helping people with substance use disorders reclaim their lives. In 1998 the month changed to National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. Now, with a greater understanding of mental … Read More
Is Narcan Only Used For Heroin Overdose?
On July 24th, 2018, world wide celebrity and pop icon Demi Lovato suffered an overdose. To some, the overdose came as a deep and troubling shock. To others, unfortunately, the overdose was only part of a downward spiraling tale that … Read More
Crushing The End Of 2018
We’re heading into the final quarter of 2018 which means it is time to crush your goals and close out this year feeling like a champion. Too often, when people reevaluate their goals toward the end of the year, they … Read More
Do I Need The 12 Steps?
When Bill Wilson met Dr. Bob Smith in June of 1935 there was no “rehab” to speak of. Health farms, insane asylums, mental hospitals, and other such crude attempts at rehabilitation existed, but few were successful in helping “cure” an … Read More
How to Make Summer Last
An Indian Summer is when summer extends beyond the typical summer months. After the autumnal equinox takes place on September 21, and the summer heat, as well as sunshine, is persisting, it is called an Indian Summer. Though it is … Read More
Dealing With Conflict
“All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal,” John Steinbeck eloquently described. When it comes to conflict, we as men have a tendency to go one of two routes, as a result of our regression into … Read More
Stability Isn’t Boring
John Keats once poetically penned that “There is nothing stable in the world; uproar’s your only music.” Quirky author Tom Robbins writes in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, “Disorder is inherent in stability. Civilized man doesn’t understand stability. He’s confused … Read More
Transform Self-Criticism into Self-Curiosity
Scenario One: You make a mistake. You immediately feel the pangs of guilt, shame, and condemnation, which come from years of programming to tell you that mistakes are the end-all be-all of your masculinity and manhood. Immediately you dive into … Read More
Getting Over Being Over It
“I’m over it.” We hear this exhausted sentiment of frustration come from men too often in recovery. Mistakenly, many call this “defeat” or “surrender” or even worse- “quitting”. Quitting in addiction recovery isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s a sign … Read More