If our parents have lived with a mental illness of any kind, we are four to five times more likely to develop a mental illness of our own. Addiction and alcoholism are mental illnesses, called substance use disorders by technical … 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.
What If I Can’t?
Negative thought patterns are something we’re all too familiar with as men in recovery. It was negative thought patterns which likely took us down a rabbit hole of trouble in our using. I can’t do anything right, I’ll never get … Read More
Responsibility To Ourselves Is Responsibility To Others
Recovery is a self-focused program. Though we felt like we were living our lives in selfishness by continuously feeding an addiction without consideration toward negative consequence on ourselves or others, our recovery has to be focused on ourselves. Men who … Read More
Mindfulness As Moderation
The author and playwright Oscar Wilde was known for creating infuriatingly witty banter in his dialogues. In his life outside of his writing, Wilde was known to speak in similar semantics. One of his more famous quotes is “Everything in … Read More
Early Recovery And Sex Addiction
Sex, sexual activity, and dating are controversial subjects, as well as controversial choices for men in their first year of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Generally, men are encouraged to abstain from sex, dating, relationships, or casual sexual activity … Read More
Financial Goals: Saving Money
In regards to our finances as men who were living in active addiction, we usually fell somewhere along the gradient between one of two places. First, we had a “high functioning” life in which our finances were relatively in place, … Read More
Are Men Insecure About Their Height?
Height is something that either bothers men or it doesn’t. Many men are accepting of their height and the height of their brothers. Some men have beliefs that a certain height range is superior to others and by that logic … Read More
Quality vs. Quantity: Our Kinds Of Relationships Matter
The ego will tell us to have more while the spirit tells us to have more of. A difference between the two sentiments might be hard to detect. If we have more of something, then we must still have more. … Read More
Growing Up Is Hard To Do
“All children grow up,” reads the first line of Peter Pan, “Except one.” In a world where “Neverland” comes to exist for children, the idea of an eternal child is exciting. In the real world, where we need to grow … Read More
What We Fear About Confiding
The word confidence often brings about ideas of how we might feel about ourselves or about others. What is that we have when we have confidence? According to dictionary.com, confidence is about ourselves can be the “belief in oneself and … Read More