by Blog Admin | May 17, 2017 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Community Member, Radical Self Love, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery Pathways & Resources, Work
I felt the crack split slowly beneath my feet as it gave way and I plunged into the deep freezing water. Grab my camera! I shouted as the weight of my wool coat got heavy and my body began to sink into the lake. I looked up at my friend Rae standing just a few feet... by Blog Admin | Mar 12, 2017 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Coach & Teacher Contributions, Drugs, Kelly Fitzgerald Junco, Radical Self Love
Years ago when I heard people got massages, or went to meditation, or took a “me” day I would scoff. How do they have time or money to do that? Seems like a complete waste of time to me. No one takes bubble baths in their 20s. Sure a massage might be nice, but it’s a... 
by Blog Admin | Feb 12, 2017 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Community Member, Drugs, Recovering Out Loud, Spirituality & Mindfulness
No matter how far down the road to recovery I go, I find myself from time to time, in a hole. Or, I notice that I am acting out in behaviors that are unhelpful to me. When these things become apparent to me I nearly always discover it’s because my balance is... by Blog Admin | Jan 13, 2017 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Community Member, Drugs, Recovery Pathways & Resources
After hitting her rock bottom in 2002, Sarah Roberts went on a personal and inward journey towards health and fitness to heal herself from the trauma of alcohol addiction. In 2015, she launched her blog, SarahTalksFood.com, as a way to share her story and help others who struggle to know that they are not alone. Sarah is the author of the book The 28 Day Kick The Sugar Challenge, where she helps readers develop a healthier relationship with food and with themselves using tools, recipes, and strategies that lead them towards greater self-trust, self-respect and self-love.
by Dawn Nickel | Dec 13, 2016 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Co-Addiction, Codependency & Relationships, Drugs, Recovering Out Loud
Today is my 25th wedding anniversary. Just writing that blows my mind. About 27 years ago I walked into a marathon meeting at a 12 step convention being held for recovering addicts in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) and a male voice from the corner of the room said “Hey, I know you.” I had about 3 weeks clean at the time and as many of you recovering types know, being recognized by people in your early recovery can be more than slightly freaking scary.
by Blog Admin | Dec 11, 2016 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Community Member, Recovery Pathways & Resources
Susie Hopson-Blum is an owner, founder and Director of Admissions of New Method Wellness Treatment Center, a premier dual diagnosis treatment center. In long term recovery herself (28 years), Hopson-Blum’s experience managing and directing a behavioral health treatment facility began in 2006 when she opened a sober living house, Sober Pacific Living. As clients continued to come in the door with a passion for treatment and recovery, Hopson-Blum used her professional expertise and personal experience to create New Method Wellness, a substance abuse treatment center that takes a holistic approach to recovery.
by Blog Admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Community Member, Drugs, Sex & Love
In her new book, Sex in Recovery and in this guest post, Jen Matesa takes on an often taboo topic in recovery – sex.
by Dawn Nickel | Aug 27, 2016 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Dawn Nickel, Drugs, Recovering Out Loud
Women of all ages, living all over the world, are overdosing or dying of other substance-related deaths. To be clear – I know that men are dying too, but my life’s focus happens to be on the women who are dying and the mothers and sisters and female friends who have to bury them. We read or hear about these ever-increasing and seemingly-multiplying deaths every bloody day.
by Blog Admin | Aug 15, 2016 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Community Member
Have you ever stopped drinking for a couple of weeks or months and then fallen off the wagon, beaten yourself up, and wondered why you can’t stick with it? Or, have you stopped drinking, but used other addictive substances or behaviors in place of alcohol? Available research on the craving brain is vast. In this guest blog post, Jolene Park provides insights into one or more elements that may be your missing link.
