If you want to change or break a habit you also have to change the context which encourages and supports the habit. It’s never enough to stop drinking, or stop smoking, or lose weight, or do any of the other things we never seem to get around to. We all know how it goes. We [...]
We urge you to vote in what is arguably the most important election of the past fifty years, regardless of your political beliefs. So, please, take the time and make the effort. You may feel that your vote isn’t important, but it is, and while you may not personally determine the outcome of the election, [...]
Welcome We were talking to people at Betty Ford and Passages this week and noted that they are now pushing their “New Gold Standard” of treatment, which in their world is 90 days of residential treatment. Betty Ford charges $39,000 for their program, and Passages $200,000! They are pretty much the low and high ends [...]
Welcome! There’s no getting around the economic and political news – news that, let’s face it, is more apt to send us off to the liquor store than it is to getting help. But there are, as we all know, a number of drawbacks to doing what we’ve always done: self-medicating the stress and anxiety. [...]
Welcome! The past two weeks have been something else! Lots of work on our website; lots of help from our main operations advisor; and an unexpected client to brighten September. Plus the ongoing pleasure of working with clients who’ve returned home, helping them to maintain the gains, iron out the wrinkles, and keep moving along [...]
OOPS! After we sent out our first newsletter two weeks ago we discovered that I’d (I being Ed, the main source of typos here) made a formatting error in the “e-mail us” link that meant that any e-mails you sent went straight to a black hole instead of to us. Sorry! I apologize if you [...]
The “New Perspectives” Conference On Vancouver Island, B.C. Validates Non-12 Step Treatment! We just returned from the New Perspectives Conference and were delighted to find that the “new perspective” reinforces everything we do – and have done- for the past 20 years. Hosted by the Edgewood Center in Nanaimo, British Columbia, presenter after presenter noted [...]