Tag: recovery

  • Options for Substance Use and Abuse Treatment

    Identifying a problem with drugs or alcohol is the first in a series of steps – with the goal to get the person struggling the most appropriate treatment available. As you search for a treatment program, you’ll likely have many questions. One of the most significant questions people ask revolves around what options exist for…

  • Consciousness | Growing, Pain, Healing and Joy

    “We cannot go back. We can only go forward.” -M. Scott Peck, M.D. Here in-lies a bittersweet truth of evolving into consciousness. Once we see, we can never unsee. We can never go back. Find comfort in knowing that ignorance is, in fact, not bliss. Since we cannot go back, we must grow up. Growing…

  • 10 Ways To Stress Less

    Dance it out Go for a walk Talk about it Breathe Go to bed earlier Focus on what you can control Reminisce about good times Ask for a hug Look for opportunities in life’s challenges Smile

  • Patience | Enjoy The Ride

    “Patience child, patience. Remember, life is a journey. If you got everything you wanted all at once there’d be no point to living. Enjoy the ride, and in the end you’ll see these “set backs” as giant leaps forward, only you couldn’t see the bigger picture in the moment. Remain calm, all is within reach;…

  • The Pleasure of Simply Being

    ‎”Whenever you try to exert control over the natural ebb and flow of life, you end up either frustrated or disappointed– because it can’t be controlled. Whenever you apply effort to trying to relax and slow down, you produce the opposite effect. Whenever you try to dictate the outcome of your meditation you negate its…

  • Just Like That

    “Actually, I just woke up one day and decided I didn’t want to feel like that anymore, or ever again. So, I changed. Just like that.” -Thomas Barrett