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…
Professional success doesn’t make somebody exempt from having substance abuse problems. From our 45 years of working with professionals with addictions, we find that this statement might not be as…
Kaitlin Byrne is the Lead Family Counselor at our Men’s Recovery Center. Her job is to work specifically with the family members of our clients to help them recognize how…
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…
Penelope’s drinking and drug use began in high school and ramped in her young adulthood. During the 1960s, she traveled around and participated in events like Woodstock and became addicted…
January is synonymous with heartfelt resolutions. We tell ourselves about how this year “everything is going to be different.” Unfortunately, for many of us, by the time February rolls around…
Herschel was stuck in a rut, but he didn’t know he was an alcoholic. He just thought he was binge drinking a few nights a week. Whenever he ended up…
Tad was well-known in the Atlanta community as a successful real estate developer. Then he was arrested for a DUI and made the news. In treatment, he learned that his…
For many of us, the holiday season brings with it a sense of hope. This time of year often gives us much-needed time away from our hectic work lives. It…
Anna K., an anesthesiologist with over 20 years of sobriety, vividly describes an unforgettable night when she gave herself a combination of the narcotics she would administer to patients. This…
When you are entrusting yourself or your loved ones into the care of a counseling staff, you want to know what those counselors are like, what they care about, and…
Between her former husband, her brother, and her sister-in-law, Melissa had been surrounded by people in active addiction for years. She was loaning money, bailing people out of jail, and…