September is National Recovery Month. This year’s theme is “recovery is REAL,” where “REAL” is an acronym for “Restoring Every Aspect of Life.” For those struggling with mental health issues, including substance misuse, recovery sounds like a fairy tale told to help us sleep at night. I know. That’s how I felt before I finally quit drinking and started my own recovery journey. With the help of my … [Read more...]
Rethinking Drinking – Dry January 2025
Jon M. Tynjala, Esq., Client Services Director To drink or not to drink. That is the question. Or at least that is what Dry January is all about. It has been designated as a month to take stock of our relationship with alcohol. For me, that decision was made 24 years ago when I made the choice to stop drinking entirely. I did it by going through a substance use treatment program and I started … [Read more...]
National Recovery Month 2024 – There is Help and There is Hope
A “lingua franca” is a means of communication that is used when participants in trade or other activities speak different languages. A lingua franca is a bridge that allows the participants to understand one another and conduct the business at hand. For example, English is the lingua franca of aviation. Without the ability to communicate and understand each other, there would be far more flight … [Read more...]