What is a Functional Alcoholic?
It’s important to note that “functional alcoholic” is not a clinical term. Instead, it is a colloquial term to describe a person with potentially problematic l…
Abandoning What We Know | Spirituality in Recovery
Spirituality in Recovery
Sometimes people looking for treatment have difficulty with spiritual terms often used in 12 Step Recovery. These term…
To Watch Loneliness Vanish
Spring reminds us every year how life works. For something new to emerge, the old has to die away. Even if we don’t consciously take note of this happening, we…
Atlanta Recovering Professionals (ARP) Groups
Professional success doesn’t make somebody exempt from having substance abuse problems. From our 45 years of working with professionals with addictions, we fin…
Loving Others Well Means Taking Care of Ourselves
Around Valentine’s Day, we often think about the people in our lives that we love and how we can express that love to them. We wanted to take a moment in this…
New Freedom, New Happiness, New Year
January is synonymous with heartfelt resolutions. We tell ourselves about how this year “everything is going to be different.”
Unfortunately, for many of us…