Recovery Month and Unknown Soldiers
By Tracy Smith This recovery month was a bit strange for me. You see last year my calendar was full of events and rallies that I often traveled to and...
Read MoreBy Tracy Smith This recovery month was a bit strange for me. You see last year my calendar was full of events and rallies that I often traveled to and...
Read MoreAmy Halm believes the road to recovery starts with discovery. Halm is a K-9 handler by trade. She started Desert Drug Dog roughly 8 years ago in Chandler after adopting...
Read MoreFreedom Care offers comprehensive, evidence-based treatment for those experiencing substance use, abuse or dependence, depression, military sexual trauma, combat-induced PTSD/trauma, military-related chronic pain or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse...
Read MoreBy Mary Ann Badenoch The day has finally arrived to welcome your child is back from residential treatment. You may be cautiously optimistic for the homecoming — or worried how...
Read MoreBy Renee Sieradski, EA My husband was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after we had been married for 8 years. When I told others I found their reactions unsettling. Most had...
Read MoreBy Barbara Nicholson-Brown I was going to begin this piece about the magic of recovery month we celebrated just a few weeks ago. And suddenly life as we knew it...
Read MoreBy Dina Evan, Ph.D Most of us are holding on by the seat of our pants today, waiting for the next feud, flood or failure of our government to return...
Read MoreBy Alan Cohen I recently learned of the death of a musician I admire. Ruud was a trombonist in André Rieu’s orchestra. Besides being a talented musician, he was something...
Read MoreColumbine Shooting Survivor shares his journey at Recovery Expo Do you remember where you were on April 20, 1999? Art of Recovery Expo, Keynote Speaker, Austin Eubanks personally experienced the...
Read MoreBy Samuel Burba, Interim Director of the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family Several years ago, I read a statistic that will always stick with me in my profession...
Read MoreBy Renee Sieradski, EA As I was mowing the lawn one Sunday morning, a neighbor and her son passed by. The mom was looking at her cell phone and her...
Read MoreBy Dr. Dina Evan Someone once said. “The face of the devil is our own.” That is true in this moment. We have tolerated bigotry, dishonesty, racism and prejudice and...
Read MoreTwo-thirds of teens who report abuse of prescription medicine are getting it from friends, family and acquaintances. Make sure the teens in your life don’t have access to your medicine....
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