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Recovery: The Three Headed Monster

Recovery: The Three Headed Monster

  • Posted on January 9, 2016
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I find it strange that most people hear the word recovery and instantly associate it with some three headed monster that they want nothing to do with. They look down on it, snub their nose and some will even try to kick it! Ironically, most people have someone in their life with some kind of substance abuse issues and if they don’t, they know someone who does. Traditionally, the word recovery is associated with addiction and substance abuse. Here is an amazing short series called “Experiencing Recovery” on the history of recovery by…continue reading →
Enabling: How to Be a Rockstar

Enabling: How to Be a Rockstar

  • Posted on December 5, 2015
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It’s extremely cliche that a “Rockstar” would go out due to a drug or alcohol related death. It takes tragedies such as Scott Weiland’s death in order for society to take some form of notice to the epidemics that riddle our society. It’s very easy to point the finger in a case like Scott’s where he lived a life of excess in the public eye and stigma enlaced. If you take a minute and look around you, there are Rockstars everywhere: your uncle that is the life of the party, your cousin who…continue reading →
Putting an End to Stigma: Recovery Happens

Putting an End to Stigma: Recovery Happens

  • Posted on November 19, 2015
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bk8oGbIYNDo&feature=youtu.be Cotto talks about the stigma he encountered during 25 years of addiction, as well as how his recovery reunited him with everything in his life that he holds dear. End the stigma of addiction - #StateWithoutStigMAcontinue reading →