While building a support network that consists of friends, family, and peers is essential in recovery, it is also just as important to learn self-sufficiency. It is recommended and necessary to have a strong support system at the beginning of your recovery. However, as your treatment progresses, you will need to have the tools and…
There is a book titled, A New Pair of Glasses, by Chuck Chamberlain. Chuck C. was an influential member of Alcoholics Anonymous leading up to his passing in 1984. The message in this text is that, in recovery, we have the opportunity to see life through a new lens every day. No day is exactly…
Since the 1960 release of Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal masterpiece Psycho first terrified the public, the word “psycho” has been used and misused in our vocabulary. We use words like psychotic, psychopath, and psychodrama, but what do they mean? Despite its association with Hitchcock’s film villain Norman Bates, the word psycho actually derives from the Greek…