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How Nature Therapy Is Beneficial for Addiction Recovery
A survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration discovered that as many as 90 percent of people who need rehab for drugs do not receive it. Addiction and substance...
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6 Things You Need to Know When Going to Rehab
It can be scary going to rehab for the first time to overcome your addictions and other mental health issues. Here are six suggestions on what you should and should not do when going to rehab for the...
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6 Reasons Why Getting Help for Addiction Is Important
Getting professional help for dealing with your persistent fears and addictions is the single most important step in your recovery. Many people are reluctant to get the help they need for various...
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Detox At Home New York
The Basics Detox At Home New York offers ambulatory detox for the treatment of individuals with a range of substance use disorders from alcohol to opioids. Founded by board certified physician Dr....
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Thriveworks
The Basics Thriveworks is a network of outpatient treatment facilities with offices all over the US. It offers therapy to individuals and couples along with life coaching services. Treatment is...
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Coordinated Recovery
The Basics With facilities throughout Minneapolis, Minnesota, Coordinated Recovery is a multi-faceted behavioral health organization that provides sober living services for clients in recovery from...
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A Recipe for Successfully Drinking Less, from Home
Dr. John Mendelson has made a career of helping people struggling with substance use disorder. However, while he was working as the principle investigator on a study funded by the National Institutes...
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Compass Recovery Center
The Basics Compass Recovery Center of Prescott, Arizona offers outpatient treatment based on the 12 steps. Programs are designed to treat substance abuse and gambling addictions. Compass Recovery...
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Whole Families Intervention Services
The Basics Based out of Wilmington, North Carolina, Whole Families Intervention Services is owned and operated by certified Arise interventionists, Frances Murchison and Kelly M. Chambliss. Whole...
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Metro Hope
The Basics Founded in 1926, Metro Hope is a multi-faceted behavioral health facility based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota providing flexible treatment programs for men and women struggling with...
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Native Americans Aren’t Actually Genetically Predisposed to Alcoholism
This post was originally published on October 30, 2015. Having performed stand-up comedy for almost 10 years, I’ve heard the gamut of racial stereotype jokes and I’m sick of every single one of them....
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READER SPOTLIGHT: How I Got Sober: Jean
This post was originally published on October 26, 2015. 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,...
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Clayton Mental Health
The Basics Located outside of St. Louis, Missouri in the small city of Clayton, Clayton Mental Health is an outpatient treatment facility that specializes in the care of male and female clients...
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Whole Families Intervention Services Adolescent
The Basics Certified interventionists and recovery coaches, Kelly Chambliss and Frances Murchison founded Whole Families Intervention Services after being sober for several decades. Their goal is to...
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Willow House
The Basics Willow House in St. Louis, Missouri is a non-profit sober living house that specializes in the care of women over the age of 21 in the beginning stages of their recovery from alcohol and...
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Actor Gary Busey Reflects on Former Cocaine Habit and Sobriety: This Week in...
It’s almost impossible to separate “Gary Busey” from the parody-persona seen on HBO’s Entourage from the one who was nominated in 1979 for an Academy Award for The Buddy Holly Story. Busey, in an NBC...
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That K-Hole Could Cure Your Depression
This post was originally published on October 27, 2015. Many moons ago, I walked into the living room of my friend’s brownstone in Boston to see six people sitting on the floor, spaced out and...
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They Say I Should Do Sober Dating and I Say No No No
This post was originally published on October 8, 2015. I don’t date since I got sober—aside from a few lapses into temporary insanity. In one I found myself relentlessly pursuing a biker who really...
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Hilljack House
The Basics Located in St. Louis, Missouri, Hilljack House is a non-profit organization that provides upscale sober living for men and women in the beginning stages of recovery from alcohol and...
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Haven Recovery Homes
The Basics Haven Recovery Homes in St. Louis, Missouri provides transitional living accommodations for residents in the early stages of recovery from alcohol and substance use disorders....
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