Reading, Writing and Recovery
When I hit bottom from years of drinking and drugging, finally asking for help, I didn’t have a clue what would come next. Living a day at a time, committing...
Read MoreWhen I hit bottom from years of drinking and drugging, finally asking for help, I didn’t have a clue what would come next. Living a day at a time, committing...
Read MoreHow hard is it to stay focused in recovery? Ask anyone who’s been there, and you’ll find out that getting sober is just the first step to recovery. So many...
Read MoreYou may not know him by name, but you know of his story. Out of the 20 Prescott, Arizona’s Granite Mountain Hotshots, Brendan McDonough’s life was spared. That fateful summer...
Read MoreBy Molly Bobek, LCSW, and Aaron Hogue, PhD, Center on Addiction You’ve heard of counseling, or psychotherapy, to help someone with an addiction. Family Therapy is just that, except the...
Read MoreBy Olivia Pennelle Lasting change is what recovery is all about. Quitting alcohol, or your the drug of choice, is only the first step in the needed transformation that will...
Read MoreWho gets addicted and who doesn’t? Teen addiction is fact of life for 15% of high schoolers, and it’s important to take any teen use of alcohol and drugs very...
Read MoreThere are many teens who think drinking is considered cool. How can teens turn down a drink when everyone else seems to be doing it? Teen years can be difficult...
Read MoreContinuum Recovery Center is excited to announce they were awarded accreditation through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), Outpatient Programs (OP), Partial Hospitalization Services...
Read MoreSuperficial sucks, at least in my world. It’s painful and so odd to me to want to be deeply connected to the people I care about and watch any of...
Read More“Problems cannot be solved with the same mind-set that created them.” Albert Einstein I heard the quote above when I began my recovery journey, and those words speak volumes. My...
Read MoreTian Dayton, PhD, TEP (Partially excerpted from The Soulful Journey of Recovery, November 2019) Dr. Dayton is a Senior Fellow at The Meadows. She is the author of fifteen books...
Read MoreTeach, Model, Listen Let them know gambling isn’t a way to make easy money. “Professional poker player” is about as likely as a career as an NFL player. Teach them...
Read MoreAddicts tell lies more often than they tell the truth. “I’m not hurting anyone.” “I can stop any time.” Deception becomes so second nature, addicts will lie even when it’s...
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