Pain Management/ Opioid Use with Veterans and Service Members

Together AZ Sobriety 6 Sep, 2017

Military service brings a risk for serious injury, and with it, the possibility of severe or chronic pain. Such pain may be treated with prescription medication —sometimes opioids, which carry...

Resign as Your Own Teacher

Together AZ Sobriety 6 Sep, 2017

While traveling in Europe to attend an André Rieu concert, my laptop wouldn’t boot. If you ever had this happen, you know it can be, well, disconcerting. I Googled computer...

Arizona Treatment Ethics Update: Better, Worse or the Same?

Together AZ Sobriety 30 Jul, 2017

By Jim Kreitler, MS Last year I wrote an article for this publication entitled “Are Arizona Addicts for Sale?” focusing on existing ethical issues in the field, in particular patient...

Together AZ Sobriety 30 Jul, 2017

I remember the first time I could no longer tolerate what used to be acceptable. After watching a movie that showed a character being shot and throwing up, I felt...

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Together AZ Sobriety 30 Jul, 2017

Las Vegas Recovery Center Welcomes new Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development  Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC) announced the recent hire of Bill Ryan, CLC, CIP, BRI...

No Quick Fix for the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

Together AZ Sobriety 30 Jul, 2017

More than 2 million people in the U.S. are addicted to prescription painkillers, and almost 600,000 are hooked on heroin, according to the report. Scientists who’ve developed a wide-ranging “action...

Alive in the Midst of Dying

Together AZ Sobriety 30 Jul, 2017

By Dr. Dina Evan I am a writer, not a great writer, but a writer all the same. An authentic writer, writes about what is true for him or her...

Gaslighting and Infidelity

Together AZ Sobriety 30 Jul, 2017

When Cheaters Flip the Script By Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse where one partner persistently denies the reality of the other partner (via consistent...

Step 10 in Business

Together AZ Sobriety 30 Jul, 2017

By Renee Sieradski Recently I was reminded of how I need to strive to work Step 10 as a self-employed business owner.Over the years, I’ve worked with numerous senior financial...

The Business of Recovery Treatment

Together AZ Publishers Corner 30 Jul, 2017

by Barbara Nicholson Brown For the unsavory, the business of recovery treatment and sober living is just that — business. Yet on the other side of the coin there are...

Healing, Recovery, and Emotional Growth

Together AZ Sobriety 1 Jul, 2017

By Georgia Fourlas, DSW, MSW, LCSW, LISAC, CSAT-S,  Clinical Director of Workshops, Rio Retreat Center at The Meadows For those who are looking to overcome negative behaviors, or even simply...

Arizona’s Opioid Epidemic

Together AZ Sobriety 1 Jul, 2017

Q & A with Dr. Shapiro & Dr. Jackson of Sierra Tucson Teresa Jackson, MD, is the Director of the Addictions / Co-occurring Disorders Program at Sierra Tucson. Dr. Jackson...

the R word

Together AZ Sobriety 1 Jul, 2017

by Dr. Dina Evan What’s the world coming to? It seems no one is willing to take personal responsibility for any decisions about anything, especially in Washington. However, that’s not...