Tag: Recovery

We met in tennis class during our first day of high school. The four of us hung out every lunch on the far side of the quad. We weren’t the cool kids, we weren’t nerds. The other kids referred to us as the weirds and it stuck. Every weekend we went to coffee houses to see bands a...

We met in tennis class during our first day of high school. The four of us hung out every lunch on the far side of the quad. We weren’t the cool kids, we weren’t nerds. The other kids referred to us as the weirds and it stuck. Every weekend we went to coffee houses to see bands a...

Two weeks after getting out, I returned to the psych hospital, for the second time, to see Dr. Goodman for my weekly check-in. It was a breezy Friday afternoon, and I was in the passenger seat of Alex’s car. “I’m so proud that you’re two weeks hospital-free, my love. And I...

If you’re looking to recover your Instagram account, there are several steps you can take depending on the situation: Forgot Password: If you’ve forgotten your password, you can recover your account by tapping the “Forgot password?” option on the login screen. You&...

BitLocker is a quite useful feature on Windows that let users encrypt a drive in an easy way. If, you had turned on BitLocker encryption on your Windows laptop and now want to reset the device, then, the process will be quite simple by inputting the BitLocker keys. But if you have forgotten BitLo...

After basically two years stuck at home — one brief interlude last summer aside — I recently spent two months almost entirely on the road. London for a month. New York City for a week. Vancouver for a week. And finally Copenhagen for a week. It was great. And also fas...

COVID-19 has made it clear how critical housing is for a healthy city, especially among people facing homelessness. In response to the pandemic, we’ve opened more than 20 hotel sites with over 2,600 rooms for unsheltered people who are vulnerable to COVID to isolate and shelter indoo...

A dog owner has been left “traumatized” after her tiny Chihuahua named Paco was attacked by an off-leash dog outside her home. Paco was so badly injured that he had to get a third of his lung removed. Here’s this poor Chihuahua’s recovery after one of the scari...

The English have long been fascinated with nature, especially collecting and identifying their local flora and fauna. So the idea that any living thing — especially a vertebrate — anywhere in England could go unrecognized as a native species is quite astounding. But apparently, this is e...

This is the central philosophy behind Beyond Sober, a revolutionary approach to recovery that has gained recognition worldwide. Founded by an international best-selling author and a beacon of hope for many battling addiction, Beyond Sober offers impactful narratives, raw truths, and firm rea...

My head was pounding. I reached over to turn the volume down on the car stereo. “I’m so tired of listening to this EDM stuff!” I thought to myself. I didn’t dare express my discontent with the driver. The three of us in the car were hungry, tired, and crashing. I knew...

One of the reasons I’m so passionate about recovery is because something that literally almost got me killed has been the most powerful source of transformation and blessing in my life. I have immense respect for people in recovery. An addict who has overcome their addiction is more success...

Our AA brother said, “Victimhood is at the heart of a claim to being complicated. Like the famous comedian saying, the devil made me do it, we whine; you must understand; we are complicated. “We addicts are no more complicated than anyone else. We are simple, and our problem is s...

This story is for everyone struggling to get sober. The deflated day counters who can’t scratch together a week. The promise-breakers on their third trip to rehab. Our struggle is real. Addiction is a monster that can destroy any of us, any day of the week. If you’re sick and tired...

On March 5, 2024, Lev Facher of STATNews reports on the desolate state of the US response to over 1 million drug overdose deaths in an extensively reported piece “How the U.S. is sabotaging its best tools to prevent deaths in the opioid epidemic” I recommend readin...

I’m also a writer, a comedian, a Johns Hopkins honors graduate, a recovering codependent, a skincare connoisseur, a voracious reader, a public policy nerd, and a cat and chocolate lover. Today, I am many things. Whenever I speak at meetings on my own recovery journey from drug addiction and...

I’ve had friends die from overdose. They were good people who wanted a better life. They shouldn’t be gone and it’s a damn shame they are. Unfortunately, my experience is not uncommon. In the U.S., the heart-breaking truth is likely that your life or the life of someone you love...

Takeaway/tl;dr- We studied 1.5 million Reddit posts with machine learning to see how people self-direct recovery from opioid addiction. In a CHI 2019 paper, we discovered that clinically unverified substances were being discussed and used as treatment for addiction. We also found conflicting su...

Judith Herman’s “Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence — From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror” is a seminal work in the field of trauma studies. Originally published in 1992, this book has become a classic in the field, influencing both clinical practice and re...