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Reality: Who Needs It?

Individuals in recovery generally spend a lot of time avoiding their painful, shameful, or fearful reality. Using chemicals, relationships, busyness, spending, eating, not eating, fantasy, gambling, sex, etc., to escape reality. What Is Your Reality? As a baby, your brain was receptive, and you downloaded and duplicated everything around you. Read More

What’s Driving Your New Year’s Resolutions?

“This year I will…” These are familiar words uttered by millions at this time of year. January 1st is seen as a new beginning for a large part of the population regardless if you share these goals on social media platforms, or keep them to yourself. All you have to… Read More

Your Family Survived the Holidays But Not Unscathed

There is nothing quite like the holidays to bring a family closer together or to drive them even further apart. Families and holidays can be wonderful.  However, they can also be painful and traumatic.  Even the best families can have some holiday drama.  Read More

Michael Phelps Continues to Share His Story

Laying your personal struggles out for the world to see cannot be easy for anyone, but we applaud those who face their issues and seek help for recovery. Michael Phelps has been nothing short of heroic in his swimming accomplishments as well as his ability to be open about the… Read More

Don’t Carry Shame Into the New Year

By Caileigh Smith, MC, LAC Have you ever sent the wrong text message to the exact wrong person? I have. In fact, I did it recently. I sent a message about a person TO THAT person—the horror! The consequence? Well, besides being cut from that person’s Christmas card list, I… Read More

Sean Walsh on Fear and Faith in Recovery

The Meadows CEO Sean Walsh recently sat down with Dan Griffin for a conversation on faith, spirituality, relationships, leadership, and recovery as part of Dan’s “Men in Recovery” video series. In the interview, Sean talks about his childhood trauma, and how the biggest turning point… Read More

10 Ways to Have Fun and Stay Sober This Summer

Sober life can be filled with fun in the sun, so take advantage of all life has to offer this summer. Here are ten ideas to help you put some spice into sober life. 1. Take a Joke: LOL! There’s nothing like humor to soothe the soul. Grab a bunch… Read More

Unity and Recovery in Sex Addiction Treatment

By Amy Sohler, MPA, MA, LMHC, CDP, MHP Unity is our most cherished quality. We find greater personal freedom than any other society knows. In that sense, our society is a benign anarchy. The word ‘anarchy’ has a bad meaning to most of us… But I think that the gentle… Read More

Is There Happiness in Recovery?

They say that sexual addiction is baffling and might be the toughest addiction to recover from because of all the social triggers that may make a person succumb to urges and cravings. I know that sexual addiction recovery starts with total honesty, and it’s that rigorous honesty that… Read More

Is Sex Addiction a Real Thing?

By:  Carol Juergensen Sheets, LCSW, PCC, CSAT People oftentimes “scoff” at the notion that one can have a sexual addiction. They understandably feel that sexual misbehavior results from a society that believes in immediate gratification. Most people don’t understand sexual addiction and have no idea that people who suffer… Read More