Sober Living by the Sea
In Search of NA Part III: Narcotics Anonymous in the Sixties
The sixties were a time of radical social change in America. Along with this climate of change came a cultural curiosity about of drug use and a more tolerant attitude toward drug abuse. The counter cultural movement that was spurred on by the British Invasion and led to the Summer of Love caused many Americans to experiment with drugs like Hallucinogens and marijuana. Many of these curious drug users became addicted to more sinister opiate and methamphetamine based drugs became incarcerated instead of getting the help that NA had to offer. All of these factors actually had a negative effect on the size of the NA fellowship in the early 1960s. read more...
Tough Love and the Truth - It Hurts by Chris S.
Someone had to stop babying me and teach me a hard lesson. That lesson happened to be tough love. read more...
Sponsorship by Vince Jones
Sponsor: n, spon·sor [spónssər] (plural spon·sors), 1. somebody responsible for another: somebody who undertakes responsibility for another, especially during a period of education, apprenticeship, or probation read more...
Gina F.'s Recovery Success Story Part II
When I arrived at Sober Living by the Sea I was full of arrogance(which was really fear). I thought to myself "I have four degrees and I have graduated with honors from a university - what can Sober Living by the Sea teach me?" (I also had four 5150’s and four trips to detox - isn't it funny how the mind just sees what it wants?) read more...
Gina F.'s Recovery Success Story Part I
I came into Sober Living by the Sea a broken woman. My dreams and hopes smashed, my life in scattered pieces. My name is Gina F. I was 42 years old on Sept. 21 2005 when I came through the doors of the house on 45th street. read more...
One Year of Treatment by Kelly K.
For many years I would get my family to help me get out of trouble which often included providing the means to receive treatment. As the years passed I burnt more and more bridges and slowly the reality of my situation became clear... read more...
Medical Marijuana by Jay Rau
In February 2009 I spent a week with my brother-in-law who was being treated in a terminal cancer ward. He was dying of a fast acting cancer that had invaded his brain, stomach and lymph nodes. He was receiving radiation and chemotherapy in order to extend his life as long as possible, which ended up being only about six months. read more...
Now is Your Time by Vince Jones
“Live, one day at a time.” This simple saying popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous has become part of the daily consciousness, but what does it really mean? read more...
Having Fun Sobriety by Kelly Kettle
Jerry Bigelow (pictured) takes our clients an a wide variety of fun and esteem building activities from museum trips to Disneyland to softball and bowling. read more...
EMDR Therapy - A Conversation with Dr. Christine McIlwain
I recently had the privilege of sitting down with our staff EMDR therapist Dr. Christine McIlwain and hearing about her experience treating our facility's clients using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing or EMDR. read more...
