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Is Relapse a Bad Thing

Monday Oct 20th, 2025
This is a common question when someone relapses.  A relapse starts long before someone starts using substances again after a period of sobriety.  The relapse first happens in the mind.  […]

Why Can’t I Recover Just By Myself

Monday Oct 20th, 2025
Why is it important to involve others in the process of my recovery?  Actually there are several very important reasons.  1) your addiction didn’t manifest in a vacuum.  Though you […]

What is Dual Diagnoses

Monday Oct 20th, 2025
Often times addiction doesn’t occur as the sole brain disease.  It is common for other behavioral disorders to also be present with addiction.  Most common is depression.  Anxiety and other […]

What can I expect in Treatment?

Monday Oct 20th, 2025
This is a common question from someone who is struggling with addiction.  What does treatment entail?  How does it work?  How long does treatment continue? …..and many other questions.  First […]

Forgiveness

Monday Oct 20th, 2025
The consequences of addiction always involve loss or potential for loss.  Actions done when in the throes of addiction produce pain and suffering – not only for others but your […]

Are you Struggling with Addiction?

Monday Oct 20th, 2025
We are beginning a new service for our patients and anyone who is struggling with addiction.  The word addiction often caries a negative connotation.  For someone who doesn’t have an […]

Addiction vs. Substance Abuse

Monday Oct 20th, 2025
In my first blog, I had mentioned that the concept of “addiction” often carries a negative connotation.  Some people regard addiction as a moral failing instead of a chronic brain […]

Spirituality

Monday Oct 20th, 2025
It is not possible to discuss addiction without also discussing spirituality.  And when I say “spirituality” I am not discussing religion, though religion does involve spirituality.  And I can’t show […]

What is Recovery?

Monday Oct 20th, 2025
In the treatment of addiction/substance use disorders, there are the terms “relapse” and “recovery.”  And in everyday English, the words have the gist of relapse meaning “a return to a […]