Most addiction treatment programs insist recovery relationships are a barrier to sobriety. In fact, a majority recommend people in recovery keep their romantic distance for at least the first year. A noted licensed clinical psychologist named Kelly E. Green argues quite the contrary. She not only says relationships can actually aid the recovery process, but that they may just be a key to sobriety’s long-term success. Green is so sold on recovery relationships, she’s even put her argument in print.
Some folks consider sobriety to be a wish dreamt up by a hope that never met reality. We consider it simply the best way to live. Why? Because sobriety allows us to get the most out of life. The absolute utmost. No foolin.’ A Dollar and a Dream It all began with a dollar and a dream. Okay, so it… Read More
Of all the laws going into effect this new year, few are more forward-looking than Oregon’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act. Voted into being as Measure 110, it flips the script on drug addiction and opts for treatment rather than criminalization. What is the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act? Perhaps the best way to sum up the Drug… Read More
Addiction Recovery Classes come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, very few of which are free. The great good folks at ViewPoints are looking to change all that. In fact, the proverbial wheels are already in motion! Yep, that’s right. Colorado Springs’ ViewPoints Psychotherapy Services has put together a new series of Addiction Recovery Classes, and, thanks to… Read More
Just because a myth has been around doesn’t mean it deserves to stay around. And that includes addiction myths. Especially since hanging on to the wrong addiction myth can have such serious consequences. That’s what Maurice Lee believes anyway. And we’re of a mind to agree. See Lee’s the COO of Navos, a non-profit behavioral healthcare concern in Seattle. That… Read More
