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The Family Connection

How very challenging it is to honor and respect the slow and steady growth of families who are working on recovery. Moving...

Inner Direction Recovery
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19 Aug, 2022

The Addict that Lacks "Emotional Maturity"

About the author: The focus for Gail Echeverria is primarily on education not just for the addicts, but their families as...

Gail L. Echeverria, LAADC,...
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17 Jun, 2022

A.B.C. Recovery Center Inc. Outpatient Treatment...

Edward Hill PhD2, David M. Grey1,2, Matthew A. Torrington, MD2,3, Jonathan James2, Rich Deschaine1, Johnny Courreges1, 1...

David M. Grey
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30 Dec, 2021

Working with Complex Trauma

Trauma can be described as an overwhelming event that provokes terror, fear for your life or the life of others. ...

Dr. Joanne Barron and Dr....
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29 Dec, 2021

Observations of an Addiction Group Evaluator:...

While group counseling continues to be the most common and cost-effective way of treating addictive disorders, the...

Bob Tyler, BA, LAADC, ACRPS,...
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29 Dec, 2021

Random Encounters on The Ibogaine Tour - "The...

  Introduction While the public's attention has been occupied by Covid 19, another epidemic has been sweeping the...

Spero Alexio
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08 Sep, 2021

The Coach/ Recovery Coach

By now, many have seen “coaches” appearing more commonly in the business , personal growth, and recovery communities....

Holly Chase: Recovery...
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08 Sep, 2021

Staying Present in Your Precious Life

The development of more consciousness, presence, awe and wonder in the world around us can often get lost. Our minds get...

Inner Direction Recovery
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08 Sep, 2021

Humanizing Depersonalized Settings

Improvisation is a tremendous tool for humanizing and enlivening depersonalized environments. Unfortunately, it is rarely...

Kristine Waters, Ed.D.
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08 Sep, 2021

HOMEBOY JOY RIDE by Paul Steinbroner, TouchPoint...

You are invited to view the documentary made with Fr. Greg Boyle and HomeBoy. HomeBoy is the largest gang abatement...

Paul Steinbroner
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07 Sep, 2021

Creating the New MOVIE of Your Life

Bringing the unconscious to consciousness is the first part of consciously creating the life of your dreams. Conscious...

T J Woodward
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02 Sep, 2021

Reduce Your Stress in the Core Function of...

Self-care and stress management is even more necessary at this time. The pandemic has been with us for over a year and we...

John W. Herdman, Ph.D., LADC
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10 Jul, 2021

State of the Substance Use Treatment Industry

America is halfway through 2021 and the pandemic is finally beginning to wane. The substance use treatment ecosystem is...

Stampp Corbin, MBA
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10 Jul, 2021

Lamar Odom’s Healing Journey with Ketamine...

Behind the Scenes with Reborn Director and KetaMD Co-Founder Zappy Zapolin My reputation as the “Psychedelic Concierge to...

Zappy Zapolin
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10 Jul, 2021

Do You Know How To Trust Your Intuition?

Are you someone who struggles to hear your intuition, and is worried that you are making it up? Or perhaps you wish you can...

Dr. Joan Hangarter, D.C., M.S.
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10 Jul, 2021

The First Step - Back to Basics

“Half measures availed us nothing…” Step 1: “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had...

H. Spencer O'Neal
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15 Jun, 2021

The Power of Gratitude by TJ Woodward

Gratitude may be one of the most talked-about spiritual principles there is, and many of us have learned that gratitude is a...

T J Woodward
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09 May, 2021

It’s Time to Change Your Mind about Stress

Hey, tell me the truth—how stressed have you felt this last year? I’m a toxicologist and stress management speaker (and...

Tzeli Triantafillou
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09 May, 2021

Youth in Crisis: Mental Health in America

We have had an unprecedented year. As the “pandemic persists, we are seeing the highest level of anxiety and depression...

Dr. Louise Stanger, Ed.d,...
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09 May, 2021

Advocacy for the Chemically Dependent...

It has been many years since I have addressed a subject that, in my opinion, has been a source of embarrassment to our...

Mark H Greenberg, MA
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09 May, 2021

Don't Worry, Be Happy

"In every life, there comes some trouble; when you worry you make it double. Don't worry, be happy!” Bobby McFerrin,...

Larry J. Smith
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08 May, 2021

Are We Having Fun Yet?

In Chinese Medicine, we have a wonderful saying: The Mind Leads the Qi. Qi (chee) is the energy or life force that...

Sheri Laine L.Ac, Diplomate...
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08 May, 2021

The Bottom Line in Recovery

Our work at the Kiloby Center for Recovery centers on an advanced mindfulness approach I developed called Natural Rest for...

Scott Kiloby, J.D.
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08 May, 2021

Breaking the Fantasy of Living in a One-Sided...

If you're looking for happiness without sadness, health without disease, pleasure without pain and more, then you're living...

Saf Buxy
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03 Mar, 2021

Aquarelle: A Spiritual Journey Through Watercolor

Although I am a health attorney with a very active practice representing primarily addiction treatment and mental health...

Renée M. Popovits J.D.
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03 Mar, 2021

6 Tips for working with your Coaching Client who...

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” - Ralph Waldo...

Transformational Solutions
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03 Mar, 2021

How Can The Angels Help You?

Angels are powerful partners, especially during times of great change. But most people don’t know to call on their...

Josie Ramirez-Herndon
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03 Mar, 2021

Ibogaine: An Alternative Universe of Drug...

My Ibogaine Journey Began In January 2015 In Las Vegas, Nevada As I sat across from the three new members of the SMART...

Spero Alexio
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11 Jan, 2021

2021: A Year of Resilience

If you’re reading this, then congratulations because you survived 2020!  Between the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, a...

KEN SEELEY, CCMI, CIP, CTP,...
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11 Jan, 2021

Letting Go of 2020, Moving Into 2021

Trauma, and let’s face it this past year has had some features of trauma, can cause us to lose a sense of context, events...

TIAN DAYTON, MA, PH.D.,T.E.P
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09 Jan, 2021

Who I am now?

Most of us have had a lot of time to re-imagine our lives.   To successfully navigate our changing world brought on by...

Sheri Laine L.Ac, Diplomate...
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09 Jan, 2021

New Laws for Addiction Treatment Parity Likely to...

Avea Solutions, a revenue cycle management software provider, has expanded its leadership team to include the appointment of...

Pete Nielsen
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09 Jan, 2021

Power of Joy and Playfulness

Playfulness in everyday life is the best way to live. When you are in joy and utter fun, you release all resistance and...

Josie Ramirez-Herndon
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09 Jan, 2021

A Christian Approach to Relapse Prevention

Point to Ponder: Relapse is a process, not an event. Recovery Wisdom: If you do what you’ve always done, you’re going...

Spero Alexio
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07 Nov, 2020

What the Election Taught Us About the Future of...

The stigma behind addiction can become all-consuming and ultimately impact a recovering individual’s ability to pursue...

Pete Nielsen
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06 Nov, 2020

Maslow’s Expanded Hierarchy in SUD Education...

The disease of addiction is one that affects body, mind and spirit. Without addressing all three, the risk of relapse can be...

WILLIAM WOODBURY, CADC II,...
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02 Nov, 2020

Treatment, Recovery and the Role of a Recovery...

When talking about Substance Use Disorders or an addiction, people often assume that the words treatment and recovery have...

David Malow Recovery Coach
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26 Oct, 2020

The Challenges and Gifts of the Holidays

With autumn coming to a close, the holidays are quickly approaching. This year the season is cloaked under the umbrella of a...

Inner Direction Recovery
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24 Oct, 2020

Self-regulation: A 'Handy' Way to Calmness and...

Self-regulation: A 'Handy' Way to Calmness and Connection” was first published on RecoveryView.com, an Online Journal on...

Dr. Simone Ravicz
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24 Oct, 2020

Taking a Knee: Barriers and Facilitators to...

Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members experience depression at higher rates than civilian Canadians. Mental health services...

Phoenix Counselling Services
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24 Oct, 2020

What is Awakened Living?

When we have forgotten the truth of who and what we are, we are living unconsciously. Our thoughts and behaviors are taken...

T J Woodward
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23 Oct, 2020

Moving Beyond Judgment

Judgment can be seen as the opposite of love. When judgment is present, it cuts us off from love, or at the very least it...

T J Woodward
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22 Oct, 2020

Brain Injuries and Implications for Successful...

“They Keep Telling Me I’m Crazy: A Navy SEAL’s Desperate Search for Answers About His Own Brain Injury & His...

H. Spencer O'Neal
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01 Oct, 2020

Addiction Recovery and Self-Love

To unlearn our core false beliefs, to look inward at what is keeping us locked in unhealthy patterns, we need to create safe...

T J Woodward
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27 Sep, 2020

Deal With It

My meditation guide asks me to envision a happy place. I imagine tall ferns swaying in the wind and a cliff's edge that...

Elliott Rodriguez
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27 Sep, 2020

Addiction: Covid-19 & Relapse

Covid-19 has brought a new set of parameters to us. With Self-isolation, no in-person support networks , living, working –...

Dr. Louise Stanger, Ed.d,...
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10 Sep, 2020

What is Relationship Addiction?

We are biologically hardwired to connect with other people and go through life two by two, and culturally hardwired to...

Sherry Gaba, LCSW Licensed...
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10 Sep, 2020

Maintaining Referral Relations During Covid

How To Maintain Referral Relationships During COVID & Beyond Behavioral Health (BH) organizations across the US have...

Jeri Davis, M.B.A.
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10 Sep, 2020

Prescription Drug Addiction: Putting “Dirty...

Time to pick up your remote, find the Oxygen Channel and watch Season 2, Episode 5 of “License to Kill” (also available...

Joan Borsten
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10 Sep, 2020

How To Transform Your Center Into A Quantum...

Have you ever considered designing the energy field that you live and work within to uplift you and raise your vibration...

Helena Reilly M.A.
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10 Sep, 2020

Conscious Beings

Humans, as a species, are still learning, growing and evolving to a higher level of consciousness and awareness. If you are...

Steven S. Sadleir, M.A.,...
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10 Sep, 2020

Resilient Recovery - The ability to self-regulate...

In working with peak performing athletes I found that in preparing them for high pressure situations the more they practiced...

Dr. Stephen Sideroff
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08 Jul, 2020

Reversing the Ratio: A Formula for Teenager...

Intense kids elicit negative attention.  Full stop.  It’s no one’s fault, it is just the reality. “Stop that!”,...

Russell Rice, MFT
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08 Jul, 2020

Equalizing The Scales of Justice For The...

History is not meant to be rewritten or erased.  It is yesterday.  It is the past.  We are to live in the present.  We...

Renée M. Popovits J.D.
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07 Jul, 2020

Your Company, Your Vision, Your Fate

Great companies are defined by many things; their leadership, their ability to execute, and how they respond to change....

Stampp Corbin, MBA
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07 Jul, 2020

The Missing Ingredient in Addiction Treatment

The  sad fact about addiction treatment in the US is that, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the...

Leslie Gold
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07 Jul, 2020

Commitment is what transforms a promise into...

“Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions. And the...

Candy Finnigan
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07 Jun, 2020

Whats Getting Triggered for You During COVID-19?

COVID-19 has hit us all, clients and therapists. It is one of those unique, historical moments, like 9/11, when we’re...

TIAN DAYTON, MA, PH.D.,T.E.P
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05 Jun, 2020

Out of The Madness

Anecdotal experiences are, of course, respective, yet I am a firm believer that a lesson lived is a lesson learned. Through...

Saf Buxy
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04 Jun, 2020

Recovery View Reflections

When Josie asked me to write a piece for the 50th edition of Recovery View it caused me to pause and realize our dance with...

Lee McCormick
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04 Jun, 2020
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