Addiction | Substance Use Disorders | Treatment
Myths About Addiction – Guest Post, Joey Holub
The following guest post on myths about addiction is by Joey Holub. Joey was the first resident and graduate of Shadow Mountain Recovery. He’s earned a degree from the University of New Mexico and continues his on-going education and recovery, having experienced wilderness programs and long term extended care along the way. Now over 8 years…
Read MoreWomen in Recovery 10+ Years & the Changes That Threaten Sobriety
We often think of long-term sobriety birthdays, 10, 15, 25+ years, as proof, “This person has got it!” But for those at any stage along the recovery continuum know, this is not necessarily the case. Not that a person is a constant risk waiting to fall, but rather the challenges that life’s challenges pose to…
Read MoreFrom Depression and Addiction to Survival & Revival – Erika Cormier
Depression and addiction often go hand-in-hand. Today’s guest post by Erika Cormier, author of As the Smoke Clears, a Memoir, is a powerful introduction to the spiral and devastation this combination wrecks in a person’s life and the equally crippling road-block to recovery, “low self-esteem when we enter recovery and an immense burden of shame and…
Read MoreChoosing Not to Drink – Meet Lucy Rocca
Please meet Lucy Rocca who chose to stop drinking in 2011! There is a great deal of confusion, stigma, shame and discrimination surrounding addiction, addiction treatment, addiction recovery and whether a person even has to say they are “In Recovery” or call themselves an alcoholic in order to get sober. Yet those who have the disease of…
Read MoreLiving in this Particular Moment
We often hear talk about “living in the moment.” But what does this mean and how does one do it? Sharing his thoughts on the concept is today’s guest, Addiction Recovery Coach, Roger Stark, and author of the book, The Waterfall Concept: a Blueprint for Recovery. To learn more about Roger’s work and his book, please visit…
Read MoreHelp for Families of Addicts | Alcoholics – Interview with Authors Jeffrey Foote and Nicole Kosanke
Help for families of addicts | alcoholics – specifically – is the focus of the just released book, Beyond Addiction, How Science and Kindness Help People Change. It is estimated over 100 million people are affected by a person’s substance abuse problem – 100 million! That is roughly one-third of the American population. And yet, a family…
Read MoreThe Need to Make Addiction Treatment More Accessible
One of the most difficult aspects of the work I do is constantly butting up against the utter lack of understanding of the disease of addiction and what it takes to treat it. And it’s not just the lack of understanding, it’s how that lack translates as indifference, denial, outright prejudice, stigma and shame, which…
Read MoreBehavioral Health in the United States
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) has issued a new report on the behavioral health of citizens in the United States. It is the first edition of SAMHSA’s Behavioral Health Barometer: United States, which will be one of a series of State and national reports that provide a snapshot of the state of behavioral…
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