sobriety
Great Recovery Story - "Hindsight is 20-20" - Staff Member Blog
The pain, suffering, and humiliation were all optional. read more...
Why Our Setting is Perfect - Kelly K.
Staff member Kelly K weighs in on what a special place our treatment community by the beach is. read more...
Recovery is Like a Recipe by Kelly K.
I have heard through the years that a great analogy for building a good solid foundation in sobriety comes through following directions as if you were going to bake a delicious cake. The recipe for sobriety is simple with specific information about ingredients and timing. This recipe can be given out and who ever follows these direction precisely will have a wonderful "cake." read more...
We Can’t Change the World (But We Can Change Ourselves) by Kelly K.
Drugs and alcohol are not the problem: lack of knowledge and unrealistic expectations are. read more...
All in a Day's Work by Chris S.
I haven’t blogged anything for a while. I have had some pretty good ideas and jotted them down, but they just didn’t come out. So I came home from work today and was doing my usual meditation/power nap when it dawned on me what a good day it was today. And I’m not talking weather. read more...
A Grateful Look at the Big Picture by Chris S.
It’s 2:20am right now. I woke up a little over an hour ago. When you're 51 years old you tend to do that. read more...
A Change is a Comin' by Chris Swanberg
I’m not the man I should to be. I’m not the man I could be. At least I’m not the man I used to be. read more...
Attachments and the Recovery Process: "What do we need to get rid of?" by Jay Rau
Jay Rau now presides over the IOP (Outpatient) Program at our treatment center in California. Here he gives an idea on the kind of work he does with our clients in lectures and discussions. read more...
Clean and Sober for the Holidays by Chris Swanberg
Chris is a dedicated staff member who believes in the program of recovery which has taught him how to approach holiday festivities and keep his sanity. In this blog entry, he talks about how great it is to be sober and also how he prepares for holiday events where people will be drinking. read more...
Changing Perception by Jay Rau
Wise, wise words from Jay Rau, who works in our IOP (Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program). "Recovery is so much more than not using your drug of choice. It has to do with changing everything about your whole self. You must change the false beliefs..." read more...
