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His and Her House Treatment Centers
The Basics Founded in 1994, His and Her House Treatment Centers is an expansive network of facilities throughout Southern California with programs for adults struggling with addiction and co-occurring...
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Cielo House
The Basics With locations in San Jose, Moss Beach, Burlingame and Pleasanton, California, Cielo House is an expansive behavioral health organization that treats adolescents with eating disorders and...
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AfterParty Hero: The Woman Who Believes Companies Need to Hire Recovering...
It has never occurred to me to list “Recovering Addict” as a qualification on a job application. But for Tori Utley, that’s exactly what people like me shouldn’t be afraid to do. It’s as unusual of an...
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Should Women Only Go to Women’s Meetings?
Early sobriety is a total recall of habits, places, people, things and patterns. I had to reset my life, and doing so at times felt like saying, “Let me just go tidy up my room first,” while sinking on...
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Retreat Premier Addiction Treatment Centers
The Basics With locations in Ephrata and Akron, Pennsylvania as well as Palm Springs and Greenacres, Florida, Retreat Premier Addiction Treatment Centers is a CARF-accredited multi-faceted behavioral...
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Destinations to Recovery
The Basics With locations throughout Los Angeles, California and one in Henderson, Nevada, Destinations to Recovery is a CARF-accredited treatment facility for teens with programs for addiction and...
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Stonehenge Therapeutic Community Century Home
The Basics Stonehenge Therapeutic Community in Guelph, Ontario, Canada was founded in 1971 as a long-term residential treatment program for men and women with a history of substance abuse. Over the...
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Maui Recovery Outpatient
The Basics Based out of Kihei, Hawaii, Maui Recovery is a well-rounded behavioral health facility that provides treatment to adults struggling with addiction and co-occurring disorders. Aside from...
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The Salvation Army Harbor Light San Francisco
The Basics With a number of locations throughout the United States, Salvation Army’s Harbor Light provides a wide range of addiction recovery programs for men and women, including detox, residential...
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Can Giving Kids Liquor Stop Binge Drinking?
Sometimes it seems like parents today can’t win. Everywhere they look—from mommy blogs to Huff Post Parenting articles—there’s a new expert recommendation on how to parent kids so they don’t turn into...
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Why Becoming a Mom in Recovery Was Harder Than Kicking Heroin
I pulled up at a red light the other day behind a newish Lexus SUV with a license plate frame that read, “Love my Life as Mom and Wife.” I had to fight the urge to bash my 10 year-old Volvo into the...
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Synergy Treatment Centers Residential
The Basics Established in 1989, Synergy Treatment Centers operates an intensive one-year residential treatment program in Memphis, Tennessee. Funded by the state, the program is free for state...
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Treatment Trends: Confront
The Basics Confront originated as a halfway house back in 1969, founded by a family hoping to address the Allentown, Pennsylvania community’s growing problem with alcoholism and substance abuse. It has...
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St. Peter’s Addiction Recovery Center (SPARC) Sober Living
The Basics Founded in 1972, Saint Peter’s Addiction Recovery Center (SPARC) has provided substance abuse services including detox, inpatient and outpatient treatment from a network of locations in and...
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Treatment Resources for Youth, Inc. (TRY)
The Basics Treatment Resources for Youth, Inc. (TRY) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1973 to help youth and their families in the Baltimore area who are at risk for drug use, crime, violence and...
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Stonehenge Therapeutic Community Men’s Residential
The Basics Stonehenge Therapeutic Community in Guelph, Ontario is one of Canada’s longest-running substance abuse treatment programs. It was founded in 1971 as a long-term residential program for men...
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This Video Perfectly Illustrates Active Addiction
Maybe it’s because my life revolves around words, but when I came across this wordless animated short about addiction, it stopped me dead in my tracks. The five-minute video, entitled Nuggets, was...
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Is Sharing in Meetings Service or Self-Indulgent?
Just like the addicts and alcoholics who attend them, meetings come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. A variety of formats dictate who shares what and for how long. I once attended a meeting there the...
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AfterPartyPod: Finding Recovery After a Scandal with TV Journalist Rob Koebel
Former TV news journalist Rob Koebel’s future looked bright: he’d won an Emmy and worked his way up to being a reporter at a Wisconsin TV station. Then, in 2012, his ex-wife, a news anchor named...
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Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre
The Basics Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre is an outpatient substance abuse treatment center in Ottawa, Ontario. As one of the oldest women’s programs in Canada, Amethyst has been serving Ottawa and...
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