Recovery

One of the feelings we try to hide from in our addiction is shame. If our shame comes to the…

One of the things that makes AToN Center so unique is that we expose all of our residents to different…

Creativity can be a useful tool in recovery. Some may already be creative and may be using creativity in many…

All your friends were once strangers.  A slightly intimidating dynamic can come into your life in early recovery: Making new…

I saw the above meme and it made me reflect on one of the most common struggles we see here…

Many clinicians and treatment programs are talking about empathy these days. So what’s so important about this? I see a…

There has been a lot of stigma about addiction. Society portrays people with substance use issues as outsiders, miscreants, living…

There is often the sincerest desire for a person to be able to recover from their addiction with only limited…

Improvement often means letting go of old assumptions and thoughts.  A person in the midst of their addiction may cling…