Vacationing While Sober? 3 Ways to Survive
Just the idea of vacationing while sober can cause anxiety in a newly sober person. Certainly, everyone has to address where they are on the sobriety journey before deciding...
Many Recovery Support Options Available
This May, one of the newer recovery support options was on the chopping block. Telehealth services was allowed during the COVID pandemic in order to allow clinicians to...
Alcohol Awareness Month: What Do You Know?
Since 1987, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) has recognized April as Alcohol Awareness Month. The program was started in April of that year. It...
Prevention Over Treatment: Where’s the Focus?
The rising and immediate threat to the community from fentanyl is a sign that we should be focusing on prevention over treatment in this drug war. Fentanyl is a drug that...
Dealing With Drugs in the Workplace
Whether or not anyone realizes it, most companies are dealing with drugs in the workplace. Besides negatively impacting the lives of the person addicted to drugs or...
Dry January: Trend or Tactic
Every year the topic of Dry January comes up more and more. Is this a trend that is here to stay? Has it turned into a tactic for people to ask themselves tough questions? By...
The Future of Coaching
The future of coaching is looking bright! If you have ever thought about adding a coaching certification to your skill set, then the future is here! The end of the year is a...
Cheryl Brown-Merriwether: In Many Words
Our VP and executive director of the International Center for Addiction and Recovery Education (ICARE), Cheryl Brown-Merriwether, has been a girl on fire this year!...
A Career in Recovery: The Many Options
The time to prepare yourself for a career in recovery is right now! There is such quick and momentous movement on the issue of substance use disorder, treatment and recovery...