Madison, WI –– In the sordid, voyeuristic, details to emerge from the viral picture of the overdosed parents with the child in the back seat, I hear echoes from my own recent life, now marred by psychic wounds that have barely begun to heal. Of the many terrible things my [...]
I lived in a Sober Living Home (or SLH) for nearly three years, first as a client and then as a manager for over two years. I quickly learned how important an SLH can be to sobriety. I also saw how it can help you change your life. Because of [...]
In the past few weeks, there have been a number of articles written in periodicals around the globe that finally exposed the link between alcohol and at least 7 forms of cancer. The coverage that this discovery is getting is based on a research study recently published in the science [...]
The second time I really, truly tried to get clean, it was the soggy, cold spring of 2004. It was finals at school — the perfect time to go completely batshit — and I’d been up to no good. Despite my best efforts, I was back to my daily eight-ball [...]
I wrote this in April of 2016. I just left a 30 day rehab after a brutal relapse that caused serious damage. I am hoping by sharing this that it may help others in early recovery . By Emily Gammel I have a confession to make. . I have tried [...]
Starting September 30th Kratom is going to be considered a Schedule 1 drug, putting it in the same category as Heroin, LSD, and MDMA. Schedule 1 drugs are substances that are considered to have no accepted medical usage and a high potential for abuse. They are considered by most to [...]
This past Saturday, I woke up with anticipation, a reason to celebrate. For the first time in over twenty years of life, I had a year clean. It was a year of dedication to the program that provided more knowledge and growth than the countless methods in the past and [...]
You would think that after struggling for seven years trying to find help for my addicted son, Matt, that nothing would ever be able to rock me again. How foolish I was to think that finding help would have gotten easier. We have all these new websites promising avenues for [...]
I regularly receive messages from people asking me how I quit drinking and how I continue to stay sober. It’s a tough question for me to answer honestly. To be honest, I don’t think I would recommend “my” way. Because the truth is, I lied. I lied my way to [...]
Fear drives all post-trauma related behaviors; healing focuses on resolving the fear. -MICHELE ROSENTHAL ESCAPE I used to live my life just to escape it. I felt a driving force to be someone other than who I thought I was. As I reflect back, I realize now that I didn’t [...]
