Why You Need Patience For Recovery
Patience for recovery is something we don’t talk about much. Having a chronic, progressive, relapsing brain disease (or Substance Use Disorder) sounds pretty serious, and it is. The reality in a nutshell is that a short stay in a rehab, or even a year or so in sober living communities, is not going to insure […]
Recovery Communities Can Help Cultural Healing
In a bleeding world, where are the sources of cultural healing and communal healing? When our connecting fabric is shredding under the assault of hateful rhetoric, where do we find common ground—settings where people speak with each other and not at and over each other? How can we escape the spell of political pimps of […]
For Many, Recovery At Home Is The Best Option
Spotlight: Richard Blair and Catalyst Recovery Richard Blair and Catalyst Recovery bring recovery to you. From intervention to rehab-at-home, to sober companions, transportation and much more, they have everything and everyone you need to get sober and stay sober from home. Between the uptick in Rx prescriptions being written right now, the issues surrounded being […]
How to Deal With Difficult Parents
What can you do to cope with difficult parents You don’t have to be a terrible parent, or even a mean parent for your children to be angry at you on occasion, or during certain periods of your life. Part of growing up is pushing boundaries and seeing what you can get away with. If […]
Need To Connect? Links For Online Recovery Groups!
If you are struggling to stay sober, you may find relief in some of these online recovery groups. With the ‘Safer At Home’ order over the country, many people don’t feel connected, miss their meetings and are not digging their sobriety. While in-person meetings are not available right now, there are still ways to stay […]
Why Family Members Also Need Recovery
A client once told me, “Alcoholism is a fire that has raged through my family for generations. We’ve all been burned. We all carry its scars.”