Drug-Related Opioid Deaths Are On the Rise
The Opioid Epidemic Continues to Ravage the U.S. Population On Oct. 26, 2017, President Donald Trump declared the U.S. opioid…
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Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
Liver disease from alcohol ingestion can develop when a certain threshold is reached. When someone drinks on a daily basis…
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Depression and Substance Abuse
Depression affects millions of people every year keeping them from living normally. Many individuals with depression also have a coexisting…
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A Message to Families of Substance Abusers
Many of you may have heard that Jackie Chan, who is a Narcotics Control Ambassador for the Chinese police and…
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Allowing the Loss
When one transitions from active addiction into recovery there is an amount of loss and gain that is happening. As we…
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Balance Your Life
One of the six foundations of recovery as taught at AToN Center is to Balance Your Life. Having balance and…
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Good, Clear Times
Think back to the good times of your childhood. Images may come to mind such as running around for hours…
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The “Should” Statement
The “Should” statement. One of my duties at the AToN Center is to teach our residents to connect their thinking…
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Rock Bottom?
There is a long-held belief in the field of addiction services that people need to “bottom out” before treatment can…
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Agreeing with the Critic
When a person is in their active addiction, they often find blunt and tactless ways of sustaining their use. Defensiveness…
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