What can I do if AA didn’t work?
There’s hope and a solution! Non-12 Step Recovery is a holistic alternative to the traditional 12 steps of AA Although for many years, AA was believed to be the gold …
End Chronic Relapse with Non-12 Step Treatment
Relapse after substance abuse treatment is common. Unfortunately, some people go to multiple programs investing both time and resources in their quest for sobriety. So often, sobriety, when it is achieved, doesn’t last.
The Rush to Legalize Marijuana
Understanding the risks rushing to legalize Marijuana poses to children, teens, and expectant mothers. Historically in the United States many items aggressively marketed as “safe” have turned out to be …
Rehab in Florida: Sun, Beaches, and Healing
Gulf Breeze Recovery’s location was chosen because the beach and waterfront setting compliment’s a non-12 step holistic drug rehab. Beautiful, pristine beaches and sunshine are trademarks for Florida. Even the …
Addiction and Aha Moments
In non 12 step addiction treatment, insight-based, life-changing aha moments occur in a peaceful state of mind. Family members often lament that their loved ones who are addicted could turn …
10-Tips for Family Members of Someone with Addiction
Having a loved one with addiction hurts the entire family. Family members want their addicted loved one to just be “normal” again, to just be themselves again. Sometimes they wonder …
Suicide and Substance Abuse – A Frightening Correlation
With all the publicity surrounding the recent celebrity deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, people are asking why. Many people, who most believe have everything they could ever want …
Mindfulness, Serenity, and Recovery
When the purpose of recovery isn’t to be just replacing one unhealthy coping mechanism with another. It becomes necessary to understand and have a high awareness of where our feelings of anger, sadness, loneliness, happiness, etc. come from and then be able to allow ourselves to feel without the need to “make” the “bad” feelings go away.
Insight: The Most Overlooked Aspect of Recovery
Do you know The Most Overlooked Aspect of Recovery? Insight! If you’ve ever been to or researched drug treatment recovery, you likely know quite a bit about how recovery works. …
Forgiveness. Haven’t We Suffered Enough?
Memories of past wrongs can create pain, even years after the painful event has passed. So if we are still suffering, then why would we even consider forgiving the person who caused the pain?