Recover Integrity: Blog

One of the things that has been a great concern to the population at large when it comes to addiction--definitely the media, definitely the progressive end--is how we think about the world of addiction and the people going through the suffering involved with addiction It is this stigma that comes along with the word "addict" or "alcoholic"  There are a lot of campaigns I see online like End th...

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From a spiritual perspective, I think the person who sums up the philosophical depth of a spiritual approach to living is Mos Def    Mos Def is a hip-hop MC, he is pretty famous He was signed to Rawkus Records in the late 90s He also did some acting I mean, really an incredible hip-hop MC, an incredible poet, and he just had an incredible spirit   Fear Not of Man   Blac...

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So when it comes to the notion of authenticity, RZA is like "He is my guy"    RZA is a producer and also a hip-hop MC of a group called Wu-Tang from Long Island I grew up listening to him   And I remember being 13 years old smoking weed in my cousin's bedroom, listening to an album called Liquid Swords And it was like an alien had landed and delivered an album from another p...

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There are two ways I look at authenticity I look at general authenticity as a state of being I want to be an authentic person when I wake up every day in my life as a ground and as a foundation    So, that is one journey of authenticity    Then there is, “How am I authentic in the interpersonal realm” Meaning how am I truthful or expressing honestly where I am interpersonally...

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man in individual addiction treatment

  What to Expect:   Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) uses prescribed drugs to help individuals struggling with opioid addiction manage their withdrawal symptoms and stay engaged in treatment Suboxone (or Subutex) is popularly prescribed to save lives and reduce the harm of opioid addiction What are the potential long-term effects of Suboxone in an individual’s overall q...

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