Key Takeaways Overview: Staying Focused on Sobriety Takes More Than Motivation One of the hardest parts of recovery is not necessarily getting sober. Sometimes, it’s staying engaged in the process long after the initial crisis has passed. In the beginning, there’s often urgency, but eventually real life returns. Work deadlines pile up, stress comes back, […]
Key Takeaways Overview: Why Relapse is One of the Biggest Fears in Early Recovery If you have ever been in recovery, (or supported someone who is) you already know that relapse is one of the biggest fears people carry after treatment. It’s the question that sits quietly in the background: Fear isn’t irrational. Life will […]
Key Takeaways Overview: Addiction Is a Disease – And Understanding That Changes Everything When we sit down with families for the first time, one of the most important conversations we have is this: addiction is a disease, not a choice. That can feel hard to accept at first. Especially when you’ve watched someone you love […]
Key Takeaways: The first weeks and months of sobriety feel like walking through a minefield. A smell, a song, a stressful day—even a moment of unexpected joy—can send your mind spiraling back toward the thing you’re trying to leave behind. If you’re reading this because you need to know how to manage recovery triggers, you’re […]
When your loved one enters an addiction treatment program, the goal is not only to achieve sobriety, but also to live a happy, healthy, more connected and fulfilled life. Yet despite these good intentions, sometimes your loved one relapses. If this happens, not only does it impact them, it impacts the whole family. That’s because […]
National Recovery Month is a national observance held every September to educate Americans about addiction treatment and mental health services and how they can help people with mental health issues or substance use disorder (SUD) live healthy and rewarding lives. Hosted by the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC), Recovery Month fights the stigma of addiction […]
August 31 marks International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD)—a global campaign to end drug overdose. International Overdose Awareness Day is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died, and acknowledge the grief of family and friends left behind. Preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]
The World Health Organization defines burnout as “a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” Physicians and other healthcare professionals are particularly at risk. A study presented in the December 2015 issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings showed a 10 percent rise in burnout rates among physicians to 54.4 percent […]
The Blanchard Institute recently expanded treatment options at its Lake Norman facility. The new evening intensive outpatient program (IOP) is building on the success of other Blanchard programs. “Our modalities are highly successful because we use evidence-based treatment,” says Jennifer Harris, CADC, who manages the new program. One of the counselors at Lake Norman is […]
Charlotte folks, come out and take a swing at stigmatization and prejudice this Saturday. The Charlotte Knights will take on the Norfolk Tides at Truist Field on the 3rd annual Strike Out Stigma night to support mental health awareness. Game time on Aug 3 is 6:05 pm EDT. A portion of every ticket purchased through […]
