Sep 18, 2016 | Addiction, Be A Good Parent, Be A Good Spouse, Be Present, Employment, Family, Friends, Get Sober, Live Again, Remember, Respect, Self-Esteem, Self-Respect, Sober Life, Sober Living, Sobriety, Stop The Pain, Top 10
When you’ve come to that point in your drug- or alcohol-using life when you’re maybe thinking about getting clean and sober, ask yourself why it is that you really want to do this. While some of the following reasons may not apply to you, they are the top reasons for...
Feb 13, 2016 | Addiction, Journey, Sobriety, Wine
Rachel Black quit drinking 22 months ago. The further she gets from the wine-sodden world she left, the more she realizes how awful it was. [Please note: This blog post is quoted directly from The Guardian. Rachel Black is a pseudonym. She blogs...
Nov 9, 2015 | Addiction, Be Present, Choose Well, Healthy, Positive, Relapse, Sobriety
PLEASE NOTE: Today’s post is from psychcentral.com, and was authored by Donna M. White, LPCI, CACP. We could have written our own thoughts on avoiding relapse, but why recreate the wheel when someone has already done an awesome job! So here it is. Enjoy, pay...
Sep 24, 2015 | Addiction, Forbes, Oprah, Sober Companion, Sobriety, Success, Trust
Tonight I was reflecting on the many false starts I’ve experienced over the years of owning my own businesses and my thoughts jumped to the damaging “false starts” a recovering addict can experience. So much of life’s success, whether in business, marriage...
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...
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...
