• Recovery Residences Older Adults

    Recovery Support for Older Adults

    Recovery Support for 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…

  • recovery residences

    Recovery Residences

    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 these…

  • addiction aftercare

    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 residents actively participate in the fellowship of 12 step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous.  There…

  • After Rehab Recovery support

    Sober Home After Residential Treatment?

    Sober Home After Residential Program The aftercare component (after rehab support) of addiction recovery is rapidly becoming one of the most critical.  We’re all too familiar with people who have overdosed after coming out of residential treatment. …

  • addiction recovery stigmas

    How Do Sober Homes Work?

    Sober Living Home Defined Sober living homes are critical to the continuum of care model of addiction recovery in that they provide “transitional living”.  This covers the period after completing residential inpatient treatment but before mainstream living. …