America Recovers would aim to end the stigma of addiction and get people into recovery. So how come it’s only happening in Georgia? Georgia Recovers The Peach State just launched a new public service initiative. It’s called Georgia Recovers. And it aims to reduce the stigma surrounding addiction and encourage people to seek help for alcohol and drug problems. The… Read More
There are more than a few essential components to an effective Aftercare / Outpatient Program. Read on to find out just what they are. Aftercare vs Outpatient Program On the one hand, Aftercare Programs and Outpatient Programs (OP) are two sides of the same coin. Both gear you up to handle sobriety, as well as day-to-day life. And both can… Read More
The next Nashville Storytellers confab will focus on addiction and recovery. It will also serve to remind everyone how stories can save lives. Addiction and Recovery: Nashville Storytellers Nashville is as full of songs as it is stories. That’s what makes it such a swingin’ song town to begin with. Some of those stories are happy. Some of those stories… Read More
The company calls it work-based recovery. Patients say it’s more akin to slavery. We think it looks a whole lot like indentured servitude. How’s such a thing even legal? Work-Based Recovery? They work in warehouses and oil rigs and slaughterhouses, for some of America’s largest corporations. They work in sweltering heat and unsafe conditions, for as many as 80 hours… Read More
Tiger Woods’ recovery wasn’t just amazing. (Though it was that.) It wasn’t simply straight out of a fantastic storybook either. (Though it was that too.) Tiger Woods’ recovery defied expectations, denied the critics and will go down in history as one of the greatest comebacks of all time. Tiger Woods’ Fall Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien and THC. Those are the… Read More
