New Start Recovery

Why Do Addicts End Up in Hotels?

Jamie Strassenburg 06/15/2018 Addiction, Featured, Relapse Leave a Comment

We’re all familiar with the trope. After days or weeks on a bender, an addict will find themselves holed up in a hotel with bottles, spoons, and whatever else strewn …

Cults 101: Does AA Qualify as a Cult?

Jamie Strassenburg 06/08/2018 Alcoholism, Recovery Leave a Comment

Alcoholics Anonymous offers help for people seeking respite from substance abuse. Its active members proudly tout the effectiveness of group's teachings. Despite lack of hard evidence, AA has helped countless ...

Prepping Your Social Life for Relapse Prevention

Jamie Strassenburg 05/30/2018 Featured, Health and Wellness, Recovery, Relapse Leave a Comment

Rehab teaches some pretty great therapeutic tools for recovery. It helps address deep issues like coping mechanisms and crisis planning. But the logistics of preventing relapse in the Information Age ...

How Living Situations Affect Long Term Sobriety

Jamie Strassenburg 05/25/2018 Health and Wellness, Recovery Leave a Comment

As inconvenient as it may be, recovery is not a transitional phase. It doesn’t end once you’re “done” with treatment. The threat of relapse constantly lurks even when it seems ...

Is it Okay to Smoke Weed in Recovery?

Jamie Strassenburg 05/17/2018 Health and Wellness, Recovery, Relapse Leave a Comment

Thanks to Prop 64 that passed in 2016, it’s now legal to buy and use pot in California (federal law is another story). The Adult Use of Marijuana Act continues …

5 Reasons Alcoholics Choose Self-Sabotage

Jamie Strassenburg 05/08/2018 Addiction, Alcoholism, Relapse Leave a Comment

“Choice” presents a tricky concept for alcoholics. If alcoholism is a disease (as it’s recognized in the DSM V), can people who suffer be held accountable for their actions? Absolutely! ...

Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

Jamie Strassenburg 05/03/2018 Addiction Leave a Comment

We all remember the first time we used or drank. It’s like a switch got flipped and something clicked into place that we had always been missing. Maybe that nagging …

Going Back to Treatment After Relapse

Jamie Strassenburg 04/25/2018 Featured, Recovery, Relapse Leave a Comment

For most of us, relapse feels like a brick to the back of the head. We wake up the next morning feeling wracked with guilt. It stings like failure. That …

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

Jamie Strassenburg 04/23/2018 Addiction, For Loved Ones Leave a Comment

Mark your calendars: this Saturday, April 28 is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day! This initiative began with DEA-sponsored drug take-back events in 2010. Last year’s Take-Back Day, over 5,300 sites …

New Injectable Alcohol Biosensor Monitors BAC

Jamie Strassenburg 04/18/2018 Addiction, Alcoholism, Culture Leave a Comment

In a twisted sense, the threat of random UA checks acts as a godsend to people in substance abuse treatment. A dirty test usually spells immediate nasty consequences like treatment ...

Page 1 of 41
1
2
3
...
41
→