READER SPOTLIGHT: How I Got Sober: Jordan
People get sober in all sorts of ways. Sometimes they just quit on their own. Sometimes they go to rehab. They show up in 12-step rooms, ashrams, churches and their parents’ basements. There is no one...
View ArticleSuccess Counseling Services, Inc.
The Basics Located in the Bronx in New York City, New York, Success Counseling Services, Inc. is a small outpatient facility that provides flexible treatment to clients struggling with addiction and...
View ArticleSouth Central Human Relations Center
The Basics The South Central Human Relations Center of Owatonna, Minnesota, was established in 1964 as a non-profit agency that offers behavioral health services and outpatient treatment for substance...
View ArticleTri-County Human Services: Florida Center for Addictions and Co-Occurring...
The Basics Located in Avon Park, Florida, the Florida Center for Addictions and Co-Occurring Disorders is a residential treatment facility for adults struggling with substance abuse and co-occurring...
View ArticleWestfall Associates
The Basics Westfall Associates is a counseling facility located in Rochester, New York. Founded in 1985, WA offers chemical dependency as well as dual diagnosis support for men and women of any age....
View ArticleUMass Memorial Medical Center Ambulatory Psychiatry Service
The Basics Opened in 1997, the UMass Memorial Medical Center Ambulatory Psychiatry Service serves the community of Worcester, Massachusetts with general medical and behavioral health services. UMass...
View ArticleCan AA Embrace the Medical Marijuana That Can’t Get You High?
Anyone who’s hung around AA for at least a few months has likely heard the phrase “marijuana maintenance.” In case you haven’t, it refers to those 12-steppers who through either apparent dim-wittedness...
View ArticleMy Sober Valentine
There’s something really important that every great love story leaves out. By great love stories, I of course mean movies with the likes of Meg Ryan, Katherine Heigl and Kate Hudson. The ones where two...
View ArticleWestlake Village Family Services
The Basics For over 15 years, Westlake Village Family Services has operated under the guidance of Micheal Kaufman (MFT, PsyD) with an intimate staff-to-client ratio. Located in Westlake Village,...
View ArticleStepping Stones Treatment Center
The Basics Stepping Stone Treatment Center of Joliet, Illinois, is a private CARF-accredited, not-for-profit facility that offers intensive residential treatment and extended care for clients who are...
View ArticleStepping Stones Treatment Center Outpatient
The Basics Stepping Stones Treatment Center of Joliet, Illinois is a private, not-for-profit treatment facility that provides individualized care to adult men and women. In addition to its residential...
View ArticleStepping Stone of San Diego
The Basics Stepping Stone of San Diego is a residential treatment facility that’s provided individualized and holistic care, primarily for the LGBTQ community, since 1976. Programming addresses...
View ArticleCapstone Counseling Centers
The Basics Capstone Counseling Centers is a clinical outpatient program founded by Slade Zabriskie in 2009. Since then, it was grown to five locations in the Salt Lake City, Utah area. It treats adult...
View ArticleIs Cyber-Sex Addiction Reprogramming Our Kids’ Brains?
There’s no shortage of things I’m not looking forward to talking to my children about. Among them, addiction, sex, credit scores and taxes. (Not necessarily in that order.) In fact, the longer the list...
View ArticleEven a DUI Arrest Didn’t Slow My Drinking Down
I’m not designed for jail. That’s not to say other people are, but I have a good friend who’s proud that he can stare at a concrete wall for hours at a time. Me? I don’t have that gene. Next to getting...
View ArticleAfterParty Answers: Is Pot Addictive?
Over here at AfterParty, we receive an onslaught (okay, some) questions people have about addiction and recovery. While we aren’t in any way medical professions (emphasis on “aren’t in any way medical...
View ArticleOutreach: Women’s Services
The Basics Outreach was founded in 1980 by Kathleen A. Riddle in Queens, New York, and offers residential and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) for adults and adolescents. Its Women’s Services...
View ArticleSerenity House Counseling Services Outpatient
The Basics Dr. Henry Tewes founded Serenity House Counseling Services 30 years ago in Addison, Illinois, outside of Chicago. It has grown into a comprehensive treatment program that offers DUI...
View ArticleSelf-Recovery LLC
The Basics Self-Recovery LLC is an acute medical detox program founded in 2005 by CAC Tommy Moore. Located in three hospitals in Alabama and one in Virginia, Self Recovery detoxifies and stabilizes...
View ArticleSteppingstone, Inc. New Bedford
The Basics Steppingstone Incorporated is a multi-faceted addiction and recovery network serving the communities of southeastern Massachusetts. Its residential facility in New Bedford, Massachusetts...
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