I’m scrolling through Instagram. On my feed, I am immediately swamped with the images of picture-perfect women walking on the beach in Maui, celebrities eating filet mignon in a candlelit room, and people posing with model-like postures holding on to their significant other. Sometimes it is fun to see how others are living and experiencing…
A few days ago, one of my family members passed away from complications of COVID-19. We weren’t close. In fact, as adults, we haven’t spoken since his mother’s funeral in 2010. Yet, his passing has hit me – hard. There’s so much there, mostly regret. Regret that I didn’t reach out to him as an…
WHAT IS A PEER SUPPORT GROUP AND HOW DOES IT HELP YOU MOVE FORWARD Join us in 2022! I think it’s safe to assume that most individuals who have an addiction issue, at some point in their lives, would have never considered attending a support group to get help. Even after you begin your recovery,…
Each day, we wake up, rubbing our eyes to a new day. And what greets us as we open those eyes? Light! A new dawn greets us each day, but it is easy to overlook. Tempting to treat it as something mundane, something to be expected. What are the first actions you take to greet...