As we anticipate gathering our thoughts on Thanksgiving and finding everything we can to be grateful for, we realize the metaphor of the cornucopia on this festive holiday. Our lives are overflowing with bounty and endless things for which we … 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
Men And Moral Injury
As men who have lived with active addiction to drugs and alcohol, we know of guilt, shame, and remorse. Addiction took some of us to the darkest places of our lives, encouraging us to act in way we never thought … Read More
Making A Difference in Recovery: You’re More Influential Than You Think
Between the opioid epidemic and deaths by suicide due to mental illness, recovery support is topic of a national discussion. Too often, we feel that we are “just” one person, and the world’s problems are too big for one person … Read More
Mindfulness As Motivation
Is there anything that mindfulness can’t do? New research, information, and insight on the positive benefits of mindfulness are published on a regular basis. The many reasons to practice mindfulness are becoming common knowledge. Mindfulness can: Reduce stress Reduce inflammation … 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
Alcohol’s Deadly Reach
We can come up with many contests to the idea of alcoholism when we are in denial: Doesn’t everyone drink? Everyone gets drunk now and then. I’m certainly not the only one who has blacked out Getting drunk is a … 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