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What Is Resiliency? Resilience. The set of characteristics one possesses to overcome difficult situations. A positive response versus a maladaptive one when faced with adversity. …

The following is an excerpt from The Forgiveness Tour: How To Find the Perfect Apology by Susan Shapiro.After our volatile six-month estrangement, Dr. Winters emailed to …

A pandemic, civil unrest, national elections—2020 has been a year of tumult that couldn’t be done with soon enough. But when it comes to drug …

To date, more than half a million Americans have died from the novel coronavirus. That’s a shocking number, especially considering that most of the deaths …

I’m going to miss you.My sponsor Bob Kaplan passed away last week, on January 1st. He was my sponsor of 22 years, and I loved …

What’s the meaning of it all? That’s a question that many of us have been asking ourselves since the pandemic started. Of course, many people …

2020 was a year to remember, and not in a good way! The pandemic caused many people to start using drugs and alcohol to help …

If we look at time as a continuum, most of us will agree that the concept of time has been divided. The past, the present, …

It’s holiday season, 2020. Undoubtedly, a different kind of festive season than normal for many Americans, but… it’s still the holidays, nonetheless.However, for many families, …

If you’re in recovery, you’ve already checked the toughest item off of your to-do list—getting help—but there’s more you can do to reboot your recovery …

Waismann Treatment™ has always been ahead of its time. Waismann Method® team has been a trailblazer in medical opioid detox right from the beginning. After more than two decades …

Summer, 2020The Unsent PostcardI have a stack of unwritten postcards, collected from my travels, purchased with the intent of sending them to those back home. …

As we head into the winter months with a second wave of the coronavirus in full swing, many people are once again thinking about loneliness …

Brain Development During Adolescence Synaptogenesis is a hallmark of brain development that involves synapse formation between neurons in the nervous system. While it occurs throughout …

The addiction recovery community thrives on the ethos of “giving back.”Just like the slightly cheesy movie “Pay It Forward,” which promotes the idea of paying …

The pandemic has left many people reaching for the bottle more often than not. And while not everyone who drinks to cope with stress will …

There’s an outdated idea that getting sober means giving something up — saying goodbye to partying, excitement, fun and impulsivity. But really, nothing could be …

The 16th season of ABC’s reality show The Bachelorette has been unlike any other season so far. The show started with Clare Crawley as the …

I have been a mental health and addictions counselor for over two decades. I’ve treated adults and adolescents diagnosed with serious psychiatric and substance abuse …

Kristin Roha, MS, MPH, Public Health Advisor for HIV, and Dr. Neeraj Gandotra, M.D., Chief Medical Officer Established in 1988, World AIDS Day allows the …

The holidays are always a fraught time for people in recovery. The shorter, darker, colder days during November and December can take a toll on …

It was Christmas Eve, 2013, and I was scooping poop from a litter box in my neighbors’ basement. Leticia and Dana had rescued a feral …

Before the United States was fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, we were focused on another public health crisis: the opioid epidemic. In 2018, nearly 70,000 Americans died of …

Thanksgiving is around the corner and marks the official start of the fun, festive and sometimes dreaded holiday season. Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s …