The Whirlpool of the Family Disease
By Todd Valentine, LCSW The Disease of Addiction Addiction is a chronic, progressive, and deadly disease. It’s a disease that constantly demands more but is never satisfied. In seeking more…
By Todd Valentine, LCSW The Disease of Addiction Addiction is a chronic, progressive, and deadly disease. It’s a disease that constantly demands more but is never satisfied. In seeking more…
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…
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…
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…
Addiction is a family disease, and one of the most important steps to take in recovery is setting boundaries. Addiction is a disease of isolation. It relentlessly crosses boundaries, threatens…
On Wednesday, January 30, 2019, MARR partnered with Amazon Studios and Georgia State Representative Sharon Cooper to host a special screening of the Amazon film Beautiful Boy. The room was…
By Matt Shedd Addiction is a disease characterized by a constant state of violence, both within and around the person suffering from it. As anyone close to someone with an…
Stories of Recovery is a sobriety podcast with firsthand accounts of addiction and recovery from our former clients who are now in recovery. The podcast focuses on stories of transformation…
Gratitude | The Opposite of Addiction When potential clients seek treatment at MARR, our assessment counselors end the intake interview with two questions: 1). What things are going well for…
By Matt Shedd In the classic study of mythology and world religion, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," Joseph Campbell famously outlined the hero’s journey. Surveying myths, stories, various faiths,…
Surrender to Connection Raise the white flag, throw your hands up, or fall to your knees. These small actions can have significant meaning. Sometimes surrender seems like defeat. It may…
In his book Breathing Underwater, Richard Rohr writes that “all mature spirituality, in one sense or another, is about letting go and unlearning.” We are often told to let go…