“Recalculating” Amid COVID-19 Fears
I was reading a blog post today sent to me by a dear colleague and I thought it warranted being re-published. Ingrid Fetell Lee, author of The Aesthetics of Joy, wrote about what she experienced after listening…
Addiction and Emotions
Addiction and Emotions If you were to take a poll of all recovering alcoholics/addicts and asked how they initially got sober, then made it through the first year without relapse, my guess is that no two answers…
Recovery Support Older Adults
According to The National Council of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), widowers over the age of 75 have the highest rate of alcoholism in the U.S. In fact, there is a growing trend of substance use disorder…
Recovery Residences Long-Term Addiction Recovery
Recovery Residences The National Association of Recovery Residences (NARR) with the Society of Community Research and Action (SCRA) has developed a policy statement on the value of Recovery Residences. Studies are showing the positive effects of recovery…
Must Addiction Aftercare Include 12 Step Programs?
New Types of Recovery Support I know that many of us in the addiction aftercare industry promote, and sometimes even require, that clients/residents actively participate in the fellowship of 12 step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. There…
