One of the most challenging concepts for, I think, all of us--but obviously I am speaking in the area of recovery--is the notion of authenticity What does it mean to be authentic How can I be authentic My dad, he likes to say, ''You are authentic when you are dead''F So his definition of authentic has to do with congruency, meaning your insides and your outsides matching And this i...
Read MoreRead MoreThere is a term you will hear in yoga, in therapy, therapy groups, in the transformational arenas, in recovery, in treatment--it is this idea of "being present" It is not something that was a common phrase twenty years ago--when I first started out in the arena of recovery But it is something that has become more and more popular And so has notions of disassociation S...
Read MoreRead MoreOne of the things you will commonly hear with people that are working in the domain of spirituality or working on transforming and recovery is you might hear the term, "Everything happens for a reason" For me, working in a treatment setting, it is something I usually hear from somebody And when I hear it, I actually think it is a good sign The story will go something like...
Read MoreRead MoreBeing Vulnerable in Recovery If you come to treatment or you are coming to recovery, one word you will definitely hear is vulnerability The importance of being vulnerable in the therapeutic relationship--particularly in treatment--is something you might hear from a spouse as well On the one hand, I think it is a word a lot of people have heard--definitely in California On the other...
Read MoreRead MoreWhen you are entering into recovery there are a few terms or words, ideas that you will hear over and over again And they are outlining the contours of the space we are inhabiting when we are working on ourselves to transform--when we are engaging in recovery, when we are looking at optimal well-being Transparency in Treatment In treatment in particular, one of the terms that they wi...
Read MoreRead MoreMedication assisted treatment (including Suboxone and Vivitrol) Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is using pharmaceutical medications, prescribed medications to help treat active addiction It's different than just the psychiatric medication that you use to treat underlying conditions of depression and anxiety MAT treatment is a specific classification of drugs that are...
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