So you’ve finally made the decision to get help — or at least came to the realization that you might need help. Admitting there’s a…
Let’s say it’s Friday and you’re looking to wind down from the work week, so you grab a drink at the bar down the street…
Loving someone who suffers with an active addiction is hard enough—but when you’re suffering along with that person, everything becomes more complicated. You’re painfully familiar…
Relapse happens. These missteps are just a simple fact for many people in recovery. And for full blown relapses when you’ve either hit rock bottom…
When dreading the thought of getting clean, a lot of the concern centers around the painful process of detox. Opiate withdrawal in particular is so…
Ever wondered why AA and NA meetings are full of donuts, cookies, coffee, and post-meeting chainsmokers? It’s not just a way to tempt newcomers into…
“La la, just going to treatment, minding my own business, working the steps like they taught me…” When BAM! You jolt awake into a cold…
“My son/daughter needs help.” “I can’t keep doing this… it’s time to get right.” Either of these sound familiar? For most families and people who…
Remember the days before the opiate epidemic, when the world was drug-free and no one had addiction problems? Of course not. Substance abuse has been…
Our culture has a fixation with individualism. Although “pulling yourself up by the bootstraps” may seem like a brave and noble idea in theory, it…