By Kara Frahm Just got back from a 4 mile walk. For the first time with no pain in a couple years. Anyone who knows me, knows hiking is my happy place so being able to experience movement without pain …
Life is a remarkable journey, a winding path filled with moments of joy, sorrow, triumph, and challenge. It’s a journey that looks different for everyone and often surprises us with its unique rhythm of twists and turns. Life is not …
“Just Say No.”If I say that cliché most people’s first thought is a failed political movement started by Nancy Reagan that only furthered stigma against addicts and alcoholics. “What’s wrong with you? Just Stop ALREADY!” That mentality doesn’t serve those …
People often ask me, what makes your team unique when it comes to intervention? The answer is quite simple. At Drew Horowitz & Associates, we do things a little different. Two interventionists at every intervention We are clinical Experts in …
A therapist gave me a Meditation CD and it changed my life. One morning in 2008 I was heading down the 15 freeway in San Diego County on my way to work and while listening to a news story the …
By: Philip Carroll, CPRS Success. The accomplishment of an aim or purpose. In order for us to feel accomplished, first we need an aim or purpose. If we don’t have a target, how do we know we hit it? When …
By: Kara Frahm I have recently moved to a new residence. As anyone knows who moves, it’s never a physically easy challenge. However, that was not my biggest battle during this move. I found myself feeling a weird kind of …
By Choice Pickins Newstrom, ADC-T It’s not a secret anymore that using alcohol earlier in life increases the chance of developing a substance use disorder in adult life. Key research from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism was …
Getting clean around 25 years old, I was holding myself back from enjoying my early recovery. Early on I bought into the belief that my life was “over”. People kept trying to tell me “Actually, your life is just beginning.” …
By: Lulu Sveen, LSW In a meditation one morning, I was told “today is the first day that you will experience like this as well as the last day you’ll experience like this”. This couldn’t be more spot on and …
