Addiction Recovery Blog

a woman holds her daughter as she tells her husband how his addiction affects the whole family
Addiction

Addiction Affects the Whole Family

Being a drug addict is hard enough, but loving a family member that is a drug addict as well is a whole different playing field. I never looked at the

blowing dandelion seeds represent letting go of my past
Recovery

Letting Go of My Past

Countless times I have tried getting sober and tried holding onto my broken past and have had bad results. Things like old friends, old places, old habbits, broken relationships and

a woman thinks about her willingness to change
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Willingness to Change

Willingness to change was what I was presented with as a need to do things to stay sober. As a drug addict, change and the feeling of being uncomfortable were

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We are expanding!

Liberty Bay is making big changes in a great way! [embedhttpvideo] Learn more…

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Life of Purpose

What makes a person use drugs or alcohol to begin with? Is it a lack love? Is it an abusive past? Are we genetically disposed to seeking out things that

a group of women celebrate as they learn how to party sober
Alcoholism

How to Party Sober

How can I have a fun Halloween without putting my sobriety in jeopardy? Bring a sober friend along to a party for support and have an exit strategy if you

a woman thinks about how it only takes one time to develop an addiction
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“…it only takes one time…”

A 29-year-old Maine man died of a drug overdose recently. He had just celebrated one full year of sobriety. You hear stories like this every day, but this one particularly

man sits outside in nature looking at trees and thinking about the opioid epidemic by state
Drug Rehab

Opioid Epidemic By State

Addiction is all around us.  These days it seems as though every person in your life is somehow affected, or at least knows someone that is affected, by the devastation

a man holds up a white flag knowing he must surrender to succeed
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Surrender to Succeed

In the past, when I would think of what it means to surrender, I envisioned a white flag waving and an overall feeling of failure.  I pictured battles lost throughout