Treatment & Recovery

All of us — men and women alike, who contend with family members, especially children, suffering from substance use disorder, are haunted by loss.
Nearly all of the 2017 EHB benchmark plans were non-compliant with ACA requirements or provided inadequate coverage of addiction benefits.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Published: March 2016
Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Published: November–December 2015
These were men that drank and played hard during a time when there was less discrimination over a swing and a swig. Men whose substance use were denied or protected, sometimes even by the sportswriters who sat at the bar with them.
Dear Dad, I am grateful for all that you have done during my addiction and continue to do for me. I would not be alive and well today if it weren’t for you.
What do I wish I had done differently?
American Journal of Public Health
Published: August 2013
After experiencing and acknowledging emotions brought about in parenting an addicted child, I believe that I will better cope with negative feelings that arise.
Detach from the actions, crimes, drug use, and lying. Love and support the person inside, not the addiction controlling his life.
This guide includes literature, resources and a toolkit that will help practitioners implement SBIRT.
The disconnect between addiction medicine and mainstream medical practice has undermined effective addiction treatment, but there are steps we can take.
Accepting that a loved one has a drug or alcohol problem doesn’t mean you condone it.
The increase in America’s prison population is due overwhelmingly to criminal activity linked to alcohol, other substance use and addiction.
I have learned that there is a big difference between rules and boundaries. My misunderstanding of this before is a regret I live with every day.
I understand that there is truly only so much that I can do to save my daughter from addiction. Ultimately her recovery is between her and her Higher Power.
Substance use turned this mother’s son from a normal 20-year-old to someone she no longer recognized.
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