Tag: outcomes
Acceptance Is Key to Family Recovery
About a year ago, at a graduation ceremony for a recovery high school, I heard a story from a mother talking about her experience accepting her daughter’s path down the […]
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Losing the War on Drugs
There’s a lot of attention lately on the “opioid epidemic” in America. Opioids were involved in the deaths of more than 42,000 people in 2016. For perspective, car accidents killed […]
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Non-Linear Recovery: the Connection Between Kintsugi and Wabi-Sabi
Early in my helping career, I succumbed to the idea that the process of individual recovery had a beginning, a middle, and an end goal. I believed the process was […]
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A Focus on Shared Goals Helps Families Recover from Addiction
Here’s a scenario that might ring familiar: Someone in your inner circle is suffering from addiction. Everyone close to this person can see it, but there’s no consensus on how […]
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