Apr 30, 2016 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Ah Ha Moments, Family, Instilling Hope, Life, Miracle, Recovery, Rehab, Residential Treatment, Saving Lives, Scholarship
This is a letter I received exactly one year ago today, following a week of phone and text conversations. We had worked night and day o help this client, and a miracle happened. Here is his story, in his own words – we have not edited the letter at all, except to...
Jul 27, 2015 | Accreditation, Addiction Treatment, Assessment, Behavioral Health, Client Care, Counseling, HIV, Involuntary, Mental Health, Patient Rights, Quality Program, Recovery, Residential Treatment, Saving Lives, Sobriety, Treatment, Voluntary
Today’s HRI blog post is borrowed from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The principles of effective treatment are quoted directly from their website. Addiction is a complex but treatable disease that affects brain function and behavior. Drugs of abuse alter the...
May 18, 2015 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Believe, Clean & Sober, Disease, Judge, Life, Live Again, Mirror, Pain, Poem, Recovery, Strength, Suffer, War
Today I am borrowing from a website that posts poems written for and about addiction, by addicts, their family and friends. I hope you enjoy. A powerful poem, a day in the life of an addict trying to stay clean for another day. This is for everyone who helped me. My...
Apr 19, 2015 | Addict, Addiction, Dance, Recovery, Regrets, Shivers, Wish
Recovery is many things to many people. To an addict, recovery means life. In the dictionary recovery is defined as follows: re·cov·er·y (r-kv-r) pl.re·cov·er·ies The act, process, duration, or an instance of recovering. A return to a normal condition. Something...
Feb 9, 2015 | Addict, Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Ask for help, Community, Friends, Life, Live Again, Make the Call, Recovery, Sobriety, Treatment, Trust, Truth
We recently posted a generic comment on Facebook about addicts, reminding us, basically, that “addicts are us” – and asked the following question: What Does An Addict Look Like? The answer is, of course, you and me. Addicts look like you and me. Look across the...
Jan 14, 2015 | Addict, Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Brain, Friends, Meetings, Recovery, Relapse, Sobriety, Treatment, Triggers
With our brains safely protected beneath our thick skulls, it is easy to assume nothing could hijack our good intentions. If only that were true. Addiction ignores the thick protective skull and creates a craving sensation. This craving expands over time until our...