The Top 10 Celebrity Criminal Attorneys in LA
This post was originally published on April 28, 2014. Let’s be honest: people don’t tend to get sober because their lives are going fantastically well. The impetus for treatment or a stab at sobriety...
View ArticleBottoming Out on Compare and Despair
This post was originally published on October 6, 2013. You better shop around. So said Smokey Robinson and The Miracles in 1960. It was sage advice then and it remains so. If you’re looking for a car,...
View ArticleDFL Recovery
The Basics DFL Recovery, which is operated by Designs for Living Community Services, is a substance abuse treatment facility located about an hour north of Los Angeles in Lancaster, California. DFL...
View ArticleTeen Challenge Western Pennsylvania
The Basics Located in Cheswick, Pennsylvania, Teen Challenge of Western Pennsylvania is a Christian-based organization that provides addiction treatment for teens and adults. The facility is owned and...
View ArticleCedar Creek Recovery
The Basics Located in the suburbs of Austin, Texas, Cedar Creek Recovery provides co-ed rehab for substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders. Cedar Creek Recovery welcomes those of all...
View ArticleCedar Creek Recovery Outpatient
The Basics Located in the suburbs of Austin, Texas, Cedar Creek Recovery provides co-ed rehab for substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders. Cedar Creek’s residential programs offer...
View ArticleFrom Drugs to Duds
This post was originally published on April 17, 2014. Need a feel good story to put some pep in your recovery step? Well you’re in luck! The Atlantic has delivered a great piece on Stadsmission, a...
View ArticleNo Matter Where I Go, Mom is There
This post was originally published on October 7, 2013. One of the earliest memories I have of my mother involves her hanging me upside down. While I hung there, twitching in mid air, my shoulder-length...
View ArticleLiving Trees Center, Inc.
The Basics Based out of Chicago, Illinois, Living Trees Center, Inc. is a small outpatient facility that provides treatment for addiction tailored to court-ordered clients, primarily those with...
View ArticleBill’s House
The Basics Based out of Willimantic, Connecticut, Bill’s House is a sober living facility owned and operated by Perception Programs, a larger organization with a number of treatment options for clients...
View ArticleBronx-Lebanon Life Recovery Center Outpatient
The Basics Located in the Bronx neighborhood in New York City, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital‘s Life Recovery Center offers treatment for chemical dependency and co-occurring disorders. Aside from its...
View ArticleThe Transition House
The Basics Founded in 1993, The The Transition House is an expansive non-profit with affordable addiction treatment options for low-income and homeless adults throughout Florida. With locations in St....
View ArticleAfterParty Answers: Do Mental Health Apps Work?
Over here at AfterParty, we receive an onslaught of questions from people about addiction and recovery. And well, our new video series AfterParty Answers gives us an opportunity to address them. In...
View ArticleMusic Made Me Do It
This post was originally published on April 21, 2014. The Atlantic recently ran an article about a study that was done on the influence of popular music on young people—more specifically, how song...
View ArticleRecovery Has Meant Changing Everything
This post was originally published on October 13, 2013. If I was not in recovery and heard someone say that recovery has meant that they’ve had to change everything, I would assume the person was...
View ArticleAlways Hope
The Basics Always Hope is a detox and residential treatment facility in the Dominican Republic’s Puerta Plata. Founded by a Canadian man who wanted to give back after getting clean from an Oxycontin...
View ArticleThe Psychological Center, Inc. Pegasus House
The Basics The Psychological Center, Inc.’s Pegasus House is a gender-specific residential treatment program for young women between the ages of 18 and 25. Since 1985, this Lawrence, Massachusetts...
View ArticleThe Psychological Center, Inc. Women’s View
The Basics The Psychological Center, Inc. is a Lawrence, Massachusetts based network of support for substance abuse, addiction and mental health issues. Its gender-specific residential treatment...
View ArticleDe Paul Treatment Centers
The Basics De Paul Treatment Centers provides detox, residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment to the residents of Portland, Oregon and surrounding areas. Its adult residential facility is...
View ArticleOh, Science
This post was originally published on April 15, 2014. The more I read about alcohol dependency research in the news, the more I come to understand the ongoing battle between science and addiction. I...
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