Coronavirus – Is Porn the New Coping Skill?
Coronavirus is affecting our lives in so many ways. Just a short time ago we were able to go out to restaurants with our friends […]
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Health Effects of Marijuana During Pregnancy
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), marijuana is the most commonly used psychotropic drug in the United States. Cannabis is a flowering […]
Opioid Addiction – Cracking the Code of the Agency Waitlist
Opioid addiction can be one of the hardest and most dangerous addictions to overcome. According to the Center of Disease Control there were 70,237 drug […]
3 Top Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills to Manage Addiction Symptoms
One of the hardest things about recovery from addiction is learning how to deal with stressful situations in a healthy way. Situations where you used […]
Innovate Yourself and Your Recovery
There is this one thing I never learned about in graduate school, and it’s just not talked about that often in the addiction field. It […]
7 Tips for Considering Addiction Rehab – The Counselor-Insider Perspective
7 Tips for Considering Rehab The other day, I ran into a friend. He asked me about addiction treatment, and why some people are sent to […]
What does grief have to do with recovery?
“It’s not like I died when I got sober!” With transitions from addiction to recovery, we often encounter grief. We might reminisce about what a great […]
The Big Transition: Nobody told me I had to build a bridge to sobriety when I decided to get clean…
“Just leave your old life of using and drinking behind.” “Look at all the problems your addiction has caused you!” “I mean, really???” “Why would […]
The Gerbil Wheel of Addiction: Time to stop the wheel and live the life you want.
We call this… The INFAMOUS WHEEL OF SHAME AND REPEAT. Yes, as a counselor and a client that has gone through conventional substance abuse treatment, […]
5 Recovery Lessons Learned from My 6-Year-Old
I was recently on the beach in Sannibel, Florida with my 6-year-old son, Samuel. I became enthralled one morning watching him draw lines in the […]