In the past couple of years there has been a shift in treatment that allows for non-abstinence-based interventions when they are deemed necessary by a medical professional. Prior to the adoption of these maintenance-based interventions (MBI), the addiction recovery culture … Read More
The Tree House Recovery Addiction Blog is a made up of contributors from our Staff and other leaders in the addiction treatment field. Our blog is a resource for men struggling with addiction and the family members and friends who want to help. We write to educate, empower and inspire men with drug and alcohol addictions and show them that a sober-happy life is attainable and sustainable.
Is Addiction Immoral?
Due to the ability to study the etiological factors associated with drug and alcohol addiction, we have come to a deeper understanding that there is a combination of biological/genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors driving the disease. This information ought to … Read More
Cold Turkey: Examining the Potential Dangers
It is critical to understand the necessity of medically assisted detoxification from drugs and alcohol under the supervision of a physician. While there are several important reasons for medically assisted detox, the primary reason is due to the literal potential … Read More
Incarcerated, In Treatment, or Insane
Carl Rogers, the father of Humanist psychology, identified that a certain psychic change must be made before an individual is able to enter into the therapeutic relationship. He stated that, prior to coming into therapy, the individual needed to first … Read More
Rock Bottom
There has often been an assumption regarding the treatment of addicts whereby we expect that individuals will not become willing to acknowledge and accept the reality of their addiction until they hit “rock bottom”. While this assumption is not true … Read More
Sober Living: Thriving Not Surviving
In the standardized sequence of different levels of care within addiction treatment, after completing detoxification and inpatient treatment (typically lasting about 30 days), the next and last step in the process is moving into a sober living environment. Because of … Read More
Familial Discord and Addiction
Addiction is often referred to as a family disease which implies that the suffering addict is not the only one to experience the horrific effects that addiction brings. In certain cases, there may have been issues within the family that … Read More
Addiction as a Disease: Pros and Cons
There has been some debate throughout the recent few decades as to whether or addiction is actually a disease. Due to the genetic factors at play, which constitute nearly 50% of the risk factors that contribute to addiction, as well … Read More
The Four Agreements: Simple Axioms To Live By In Recovery Pt. II
(continued from pt. I) The second agreement within The Four Agreements is, “Don’t take anything personally.” In this agreement, we learn that taking things personally can lead to negative feelings about ourselves. The reason for this is that we haven’t … Read More
The Four Agreements: Simple Axioms To Live By In Recovery Pt. I
Don Miguel Ruiz released his worldwide best-seller, “The Four Agreements” in 1997, and since then the prescriptions for life that he outlined in this book have been adopted by millions. The widespread acceptance of the tenets laid out in The … Read More