Thanksgiving focuses on two major themes: thankfulness and gratitude. Both thankfulness and gratitude have similarities but there is one interesting difference: gratitude is thanks in action. Likewise, to be thankful is to put gratitude into action. According to dictionary.com, thankful … Read More
Living Fully Is Living Bravely
Does it take bravery to live life? It seems an odd question to ask because living is really the most simple task we are assigned as human beings on planet earth. We’re born. We live. One day, we die. The … Read More
Why Holidays Are Stressful For Men In Recovery
Holiday seasons can come with a lot of expectations to be a picture perfect family with a picture perfect experience. The expectation of being perfect is not what stresses men in recovery. Through treatment and their experience of recovery men … Read More
Navigating The Holidays: Happy, Healthy, & Refreshed For The New Year
Happy Holidays from the Tree House Recovery Staff to you! This is a wonderful time of year to reflect, rest, and rejuvenate before the start of a brand new year. Unfortunately, the holiday season can be stressful for us and … Read More
Are There Any Actual Benefits To Eating Pumpkin?
Autumnal foods and the taste of pumpkin spice isn’t new. Traditionally, we’ve been eating pumpkin pie, full of pumpkin pie spices, for hundreds upon hundreds of years. During the fall season, pumpkin pie is one of many delicacies which receives … Read More
Food For Thought
Food is brain fuel. Food is body fuel. Food is what gives our brain and our body the energy it needs to operate: to think, to function, to move, to process, to excrete, and more. The food that we eat … Read More
Big Mental Health On Campus
College typically goes one of two ways when young men attend. First, men get through college successfully with a few bumps in the road. Second, men do not get through college because the bumps in the road become overwhelming trenches … Read More
How To Sober Halloween
Any major celebration in America tends to involve a lot of binge drinking, events around binge drinking, and many themes focused on drinking. The temptation to drink and party during Halloween can be tough, especially during the first year of … Read More
Let’s Get Weird: Its Halloween In Portland
If you want to see Portland and all of its inhabitants in some of their most authentic form, Halloween is the time of year to do it. Portland is known for its weirdness, adopting tagline like “Keep Portland Weird”. Full … Read More
Men And Addiction: A Love Affair
When we think of romantic love, especially at its beginning stages, we often think of lust, passion, excitement and euphoria; as love continues to grow, we go through stages such as emotional/physical dependence and tolerance, and if we separate from … Read More