Faith and belief can be hard to come by as men who have lived with the struggle of addiction in their lives. Being men, and being men who have been addicted, aren’t even necessarily influential factors, though these facts play … 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.
Trusting In Time
Addiction robs us of our ability to trust in just about anything or anyone. The drugs and alcohol we grow addicted to take on a human-like quality and intentionally funnel our trust into only one place- the place of intoxication. … Read More
The Moment Of Letting Go
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Herman Hesse There’s an element of control to holding on and refusing to let go. Depending on what we’re holding on to, what it … Read More
Can Just Two Questions Help Predict Alcoholism?
Listen to the stories men tell about their drinking careers throughout the course of their sobriety and you’ll hear one thing in particular change: the development of their alcoholism. Most men come to realize that their alcoholism, meaning their alcoholic … Read More
What Defines Abnormal Drinking?
Isn’t this how everyone drinks? Many a man who is living in the developmental stages of chronic alcoholism has asked himself this question. He sees his friends getting drunk. He sees his colleagues getting drunk. He might have grown up … Read More
Marijuana Puts Young Men’s Mental Health At Risk
Young men may be at exceptional risk for mental illness as a result of recreationally using marijuana. Science has long since proven that marijuana can have a negative effect on the brains of young people. Neurologically, the brain does not … Read More
How Do Perceptions of Masculinity and Mental Health Collide?
Learning that their self-perception is formed, in part, by the perceptions which have been placed upon them by society, takes time for men. Masculinity has been shaped and defined by cultures, religions, media, and more for hundreds if not thousands … Read More
Make Sobriety The Love Of Your Life
Many men in recovery have described their substance of choice as a love of their life. While people in recovery can go through a certain grieving process to mourn the loss of drugs or alcohol in their life, men have … Read More
The Benefits Of Love
In our previous blog post we talked about how the harmful ideals of toxic masculinity can negatively affect men’s mental health. The American Psychological Association outlined specific issues in masculine ideology which were especially hurtful to young men which included … Read More
What Happens When Our Fathers Die?
The relationship between son and father is multi-dimensional, deeply complicated, and inexpressibly important. Men who have strained relations, of any kind, with their father, often face great emotional distress and issue. The trauma of abandonment, neglect, or rejection from a … Read More