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Connecting the Dots: Past Experience and Addiction

Identifying and acknowledging the role life events play in addiction is often the first step to healing. Those willing to bravely face where they have come from are best positioned to for long-term, successful recovery.

How to Choose the Right Addiction Treatment for You

The best treatment is the one that resonates with you — the one you believe will work for you.

Life Recovery

How “Hollywood Book Man” Scott Steindorff is about to disrupt the field of addiction and recovery

10 Experiences That Are Better Than Being High

When you’re struggling with an addiction, it’s usually because you’ve bought into the lie that the next hit or drink will make your life better or easier. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth.

A Father's Secrets, A Daughter's Search

Sharon Leder uses her life story as the daughter of a heroin addict to help her imagine ways for the characters in her new novel, The Fix, to survive conflict, tragedy and trauma without losing sight of the supports they need to prevail

Brad Pitt Opens Up About Alcoholism and Recovery

“I know I'm just in the middle of this thing now — not at the beginning or at the end, just smack-dab in the middle. And I don't want to dodge any of it.”

Rae of Light

There is an entire generation of people who grew up watching actress Charlotte Rae on television, first as Molly the Mail Lady on Sesame Street and later as Mrs. Edna Garrett on The Facts of Life. But there is so much more to Rae.

Lucky Charmer

You could probably call James Hart’s memoir Lucky Jim, Lucky to Be Alive Jim. After all, he survived a traumatic childhood; alcohol and drug abuse; a pair of failed marriages, including one to Carly Simon; and the death of his son.

Why Your ‘Social’ Drinking Isn’t So Social

We must stop using “everyone does it” as an excuse for irresponsible behavior. Let’s encourage one another in taking the drinking out of being social.

The Honesty Project

An excerpt from The Craving Brain: Science, Spirituality and the Road to Recovery

Science, Spirituality and the Road to Recovery

‘The Craving Brain’ shows the way out of addiction, following the path of one recovering addict and a physician’s 40-year walk beside 1,000 others.

Few Teens Receive Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction

'The best-validated treatment for somebody struggling with an opiate addiction is treatment that includes some sort of medication assistance.'

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Republican Health Care Plan Drops Addiction Treatment Mandate

'It is a major retreat from the effort to save lives in the opiate epidemic.'

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Mindfulness May Help Patients Reduce Suboxone Dose

Rather than fighting or avoiding the difficult states of mind that arise when withdrawing from a substance, mindfulness helps people name and tolerate...

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Celebrity Spotlight

Ben Affleck Reveals He Completed Addiction Treatment

'I want my kids to know there is no shame in getting help when you need it and to be a source of strength for anyone out there who needs help but is afraid...

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Demi Lovato Celebrates 5 Years of Sobriety

'It's been quite the journey.'

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Patrick Kennedy on The Axe Files

Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy opens up about addiction and pushes for mental health reform.

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Voices of Recovery

Growing Balance

By Temple Hayes || Jamey Kowalski says yoga saved his life. He now helps others grow their own life balance as the key to success in addiction recovery. Listen to my conversation with him. Read more...

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The Courage to Change Me

By Temple Hayes || There must be a spiritual awakening — a name-it-and-claim-it attitude. In other words, behind every apology or awareness of how we have allowed ourselves to be weak, weary and influenced, we must see the deeper truth: I allowed it. Read more...

——————————————————— Believe in the Heart

By Temple Hayes || If you believe within your heart, you'll know. What have you believed that your heart knows is untrue? Read more...

——————————————————— Live 2017 Alive, Alert & Enthusiastic

By Temple Hayes || Once we know who we are, we understand the answer to Shakespeare’s question is, "To be." We easily move from thinking and doing to feeling and being. We understand and accept ourselves and our beliefs. This is the key to inner peace. Read more...

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From Face Value to Faith Value

By Temple Hayes || What are you dreaming of that requires you to have faith? Here is a mantra that will bring you to a place of knowing the truth even though we're not able to see it. Read more...

Be Inspired Every Day

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

— Chinese proverb

“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross - See more at: http://adventured.com/99-outdoor-nature-quotes/#sthash.uxkYZLZc.dpuf