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Florence Welch On Sobriety: “Performing Without Booze Was A Revelation” By Victoria Kim “Before, I thought I ran on a chaos engine, but the more peaceful I am, the more I can give to the work. I can address things I wasn’t capable of doing before.” Florence Welch Florence Welch, the voice of Florence and […]

Language Matters: A Recovery Scientist Explains the Impact of Our Words from The Fix By Olivia Pennelle If a person has internalized the negative stereotypes associated with being “an addict,” are they more likely to have a fixed mindset and believe they cannot improve or change? Infographic with comparison of terms and situations in which […]

Harm Reduction: How to Engage Parent Advocates Effectively By Tessie Castillo I’ve had to correct parents whose first line to any policymaker is “my kid was from a good family, not just some homeless person.” Group of adults standing together. In some states, efforts to change drug policy have been led almost entirely by parent […]

Recovery based business in New York City Cindy Feinberg owns and operates a Recovery based business in New York City. She started her own company in 2010 to help individuals and families struggling with substance use, mental health and maladaptive behavioral issues. Cindy has over 35 Coaches and Companions working in the New York metropolitan […]

Shame, Alcoholism, Stigma, and Suicide By Kristance Harlow   In addiction treatment circles, conventional wisdom suggests we have to let people hit rock bottom before we can help them. But what happens if rock bottom is dying from suicide? Profile of woman sitting in the dark, depressed. For every completed suicide, there are an estimated […]

Can People Who Had a Drug Addiction Ever Drink Alcohol? We looked into the concept of “once an addict, always an addict.” Zachary Siegel Amid the outpouring of praise and admiration for Anthony Bourdain after his apparent suicide in France on June 8, a few outspoken members of the addiction recovery community zoomed in on […]

When You’re Too Depressed to “Reach Out” By Pauline Campos How is it that we’ve all been conditioned to place the burden of action on the one with the mental condition that literally robs us of the ability to act? Depressed woman looking out the window. Telling a depressed person to reach out—especially if they […]

Breaking the Cycle: I Got Sober So I Won’t Haunt My Children’s Memories By Amber Leventry I am scared. Balancing it all is impossible, and it was so easy to self-medicate with alcohol, to abuse myself while drinking away my feelings. Back view of mother and two boys sitting and looking over wooded area. In […]

More Than One Way to Recover: A Guide of Pathways By Olivia Pennelle   Regardless of how we achieved recovery, it is our responsibility as members of the recovery community to better inform ourselves (and others) of the other options out there rather than suggesting that our way is the only way. dreamstime_xs_105863198.jpg If it […]

Bill Nye the Science Guy Explores Addiction By Helaina Hovitz Within the first minute of Bill Nye’s episode on addiction you realize you’re not five years old anymore, and this is definitely not the same Science Guy you used to watch back then. Bill Nye with Tyler, the Creator on the set of “Bill Nye […]