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Recent Posts
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Why the DARE Program Ultimately Fails
17 Apr 2018 -
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What is a Partial Hospitalization Program?
4 Apr 2018 -
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2 Apr 2018
Can Guided Meditation Help With Anxiety Disorders?
For people who struggle with anxiety disorders, it can sometimes feel like nothing but medication or substances can help them. However, there has been extensive research into the benefits and simplicity behind implementing guided meditation into their lives. Common Misconceptions…
14 Mar 2018
6 Ways to Help Impulse Control in Sobriety
For anyone who has ever tried to control or manage their use, it is no secret that cravings will usually be their downfall. As addicts, we struggle with a constant romanticizing of drugs and alcohol, regardless of knowing the trouble…
14 Mar 2018
Abstinence vs. Maintenance in Sobriety
There is a big difference between white knuckling sobriety, and being happily and joyfully sober. Unfortunately, abstinence in sobriety is a pretty common thing, especially for those who haven’t found a program of recovery, and it can often lead to…
8 Feb 2018
What is Alcoholic Thinking?
In the world of sobriety, there are a lot of terms and phrases that get used pretty often that help describe our behaviors, our thought processes, and our actions. You’ve read the signs on the walls, the ones like, “Keep…
2 Jan 2018
Getting Sober in a Sick, Unhealthy Marriage
So many people feel trapped in unhealthy marriages, and there are a lot of reasons why this can often happen. It never seems like something that will happen, but as time goes on, reasons pile up, resentments never get resolved,…
2 Jan 2018
Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome
A lot of people wonder why when they get sober, they can often still feel like they “aren’t quite there”. We assume that when we get sober, we should be back in tip-top shape by the time we are out…
26 Dec 2017
Sober Home Crackdown Leading to Increase in Homelessness
In July of 2016, Palm Beach County, Florida assembled a sober-homes task force consisting of treatment industry professionals, law enforcement officers and detectives and special agents, led by State Attorney David Aronberg. This task force was brought together in an…
22 Dec 2017
PTSD: Addiction and Getting Sober
Many of us come into these rooms with a pretty gruesome past. For some, it could have been certain situations we found ourselves in physically, others can be struggling with emotional traumas, and others can be dealing with the fallout…
20 Dec 2017
Staying Sober and Keeping Your Sanity During the Holidays
If there is one sure fire way to test your serenity this holiday season, it is spending extensive amounts of time with family and around people who are ringing in the new year with booze and whatever else they may…
12 Dec 2017
Legalizing Marijuana (and other drugs) Will Reduce Deaths
For many, it seems counterintuitive, not to mention immoral that drug legalization of any kind would reduce addiction and death. But in other countries such as Portugal, legalizing or decriminalizing certain drugs has led to an enormous improvement in the…
