By Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Meet The Editorial Team Published: December 14, 2022 Updated: January 4, 2023 If you struggle with depression during winter, you can use some self-care strategies to deal with the situation. If you’re unsure about where to start or what steps you can take to cope with…
By Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Meet The Editorial Team Published: August 25, 2022 Updated: August 31, 2022 Moving into rehab marks a pivotal point in your life. It can be challenging to admit that you have a problem with drugs and alcohol. However, you should feel proud of yourself for the…
By Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Meet The Editorial Team Published: May 9, 2022 Updated: May 31, 2022 THE OPPOSITE OF ADDICTION: What is the opposite of addiction? If you posed this question to a random group of people, I would venture a guess that the vast majority would say that the…
By Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Meet The Editorial Team Published: May 6, 2022 Updated: May 31, 2022 ACCOMMODATION AND ADDICTION: Typically, accommodation is considered a good thing. It is usually associated with being polite, caring, and respectful of someone else’s wants, wishes, or needs. We are often praised for being selfless…
By Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Meet The Editorial Team Published: April 19, 2022 Updated: April 14, 2022 STEP EIGHT “Make a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.” Have you ever seen the television sitcom My Name is Earl? In this show,…
By Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Meet The Editorial Team Published: April 13, 2022 Updated: April 13, 2022 STEP SEVEN “Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.” The last few steps of the twelve-step program have largely been focused on self-reflection. We took a personal moral inventory of who we truly are…
By Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Meet The Editorial Team Published: April 12, 2022 Updated: April 12, 2022 STEP SIX “We are entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” Now that we have taken a personal moral inventory in step four and admitted our flaws to a trusted…
By Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Meet The Editorial Team Author Michael Damioli, LCSW, CSAT Michael Damioli, LCSW, CSAT read more Published: January 13, 2022 Updated: January 4, 2022 Many people will ring in the New Year by celebrating with friends and family, drinking and partying the night away. For those struggling…
By Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Meet The Editorial Team Published: December 20, 2021 Updated: December 1, 2021 Whether you are just coming out of recovery or have years of sobriety under your belt, the holidays can be a difficult time to stay sober. The holidays mean office and family holiday parties…
By Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Colorado Medication Assisted Recovery Meet The Editorial Team Author Cortland Mathers-Suter, MSSA Cortland Mathers-Suter, MSSA read more Published: November 8, 2021 Updated: April 27, 2023 Relapse is a really difficult topic for people in drug addiction recovery. Since the 1930’s, recovery has been considered a black and white thing. It…