Corky says that recovery was like climbing out of a dark cave he didn't even know he was in. A self-described “wreck” with a blood pressure of 220/140, he came…
Entering recovery doesn't mean that life becomes trouble-free. Recovery involves setbacks, disappointments, and emotionally charged, frightening moments. In the last episode, Lindsey described the progression of her alcoholism, but here…
When Lindsey started drinking during her senior year of high school she was already blacking out. By the time she called MARR over 10 years later, she had lost her…
Addiction is an isolating disease. Although drug and alcohol use may begin in a social setting, chemical dependency eventually results in isolation. To keep up with the demands of the…
Dave Devitt checked into MARR in January 1987. Eventually he made his way back to school to study psychology in order to understand the disease he suffered from and learn…
One of them was crawling under his house disconnecting the phones to protect himself. Another had the DEA show up at his place of business with guns and badges. The…
By Jim Seckman, MAC, CACII, CCS Is addiction a disease? Is addiction a choice? These are good questions, and ones that require careful attention to the nature of disease in…
When Matt checked into the hospital at the age of 28, he had a 0.42 blood alcohol level and the doctors thought he might die. Fast forward nearly 21 years,…
I needed to get drunk to be in a bathing suit. I couldn't be intimate with my partner sober. These are just some of the stories that Alison Makely hears as the…
Art is a MARR alum from 1996, who relapsed after that, and came back through in 1998. He identifies himself as an alcoholic whose drug of choice is “whatever’s next.”…
By Jordan Detweiler, CAC-I After a week of lying in bed at my mom’s house, dope sick and vomiting in a bucket because of heroin withdrawal, I agreed to go…
Both Jordan and Kristen spend their days talking with potential clients and their families about coming into treatment at MARR. They talk about some of the initial concerns of clients…