Addiction Recovery – there is a great deal of confusion, stigma, shame and discrimination surrounding addiction, addiction treatment and addiction recovery. Yet those who have the disease of addiction (whether to illegal or prescription drugs or alcohol) and are in recovery live healthy, productive, engaged lives — the same kinds of lives as people who… Continue Reading
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New Years’ Resolutions – 5 Tips on How to Keep Them
New Years’ Resolutions – we often make them but within weeks are having a hard time following through. Darlene Lancer shares 5 tips for keeping yours this year, but first, a bit about Darlene. Darlene Lancer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author of How To Speak Your Mind – Become Assertive and… Continue Reading
Alcohol Recovery Can Begin in a Classroom
Alcohol Recovery – sometimes the process is easier to start when a person has a better understanding of what it is and what’s involved. The following is a guest post by Mike Miller who is an educator specializing in drug and alcohol classes for both adults and minors. A recovering alcoholic, Mike left his work… Continue Reading
Recovery Tools as Close as Your iPhone
Recovery tools on an iPhone app? I was so taken with Holly Hess’s story of her codependency recovery journey and her husband’s addiction recovery journey and how she took their experiences and merged them with her professional IT talents to recreate a tool box of recovery in an iPhone app, that I invited her to… Continue Reading
Addiction – Depression — Navigating the Holidays and Celebrations
Addiction – depression — for those who grapple with either or both, the holidays and celebrations can feel overwhelming. The following is a guest post by Sarah “Pink” Welch, an Addiction Specialist, founder of H.O.P.E.S. Life Coaching, blogger and co-creator of the Blog Talk Radio Program, The Lemonade Stand. As Sarah describes her work, “Life… Continue Reading
Recovery for Family Members
Recovery for family members — meaning to really let go of the worry, fear and angst over a loved one’s substance abuse or addiction, to forgive them and oneself for the insanity the disease caused in one’s life, to really understand what it means to set boundaries and let go of trying to control others… Continue Reading
Yoga and the 12 Steps
Yoga and the 12 steps? Really? If you’ve been following this blog, you know that treating addiction (and secondhand drinking, aka codependency, for that matter) is all about healing the brain. And for that healing process – there are many, many options. In other words – there’s no one nor right way to “do” addiction… Continue Reading
Face of Recovery – Meet Caroll Fowler
Addiction Recovery – there is a great deal of confusion, stigma, shame and discrimination surrounding addiction, addiction treatment and addiction recovery. Yet those who have the disease of addiction (whether to illegal or prescription drugs or alcohol) and are in recovery live healthy, productive, engaged lives — the same kinds of lives as people who… Continue Reading