By Ryan Bain Tree House Staff The opioid epidemic is an intensely complex sociocultural issue often largely misunderstood. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
Can I Choose To Control My Drinking?
When the ideas of the ability to choose and the ability to control drinking come into the same conversation, that conversation gets fairly heated fairly …
Breaking the Ice and Making Friends
Nobody says we have to be friends with the people we go to treatment with. Technically, we don’t have to like anyone. We don’t have …
The Changes of Early Recovery for Men
Recovery is more than learning how to live sober in abstinence from drugs and alcohol. We are capable of tremendous change and transformation as men. …
Men’s Loyalty And Recovery
Men’s loyalty to one another, and men’s disloyalty to one another, have marked some of the most important moments in the history of the world. …
Dismissing Fear Through Treatment
While we all know that there are specific and delineated goals in the context of addiction treatment such as physical detoxification, interventions for relapse prevention, …
Taking Care of Our: Inspiring Others Through Our Actions
Whatever challenges you face in life, whether addiction, mental health issues, or anything else, the reasons for overcoming them are probably obvious to you. You …
Celebrating Our Own Victories
Everyday, we win. Whether it’s something seemingly as small as waking up early enough to grab a coffee or something as big as accomplishing a …
It’s in the Simple Things
In recovery, sometimes it’s the simplest things that can make the biggest difference. Such is the case with taking just a moment to stop, smell …
Using Physicality as an Outlet
Medical News Today unveiled a study in 2017 regarding the effects of exercise on a person’s mental state. In sharing their results, they cemented what …