Key Takeaways Step 4 invites you to take an honest and compassionate look at your inner life so healing can move beyond sobriety and into lasting emotional and spiritual growth. A fearless moral inventory is not about shame or self-criticism, but about identifying patterns of thinking, feeling, and behavior that
Key Takeaways Whether you’re in early recovery or contemplating treatment for your drug or alcohol addiction, there comes a point along the journey when you have to deal with the spiritual aspects of your recovery. Spirituality and your higher power play an important role in the 12 Steps, after all,
Josh, 42 Volunteer Coordinator for After Care Where does your story start? I came from what I thought was a good family—barely middle class. My dad worked a lot, and my mom was a stay-at-home mom. My dad thought paying the bills was being a good dad, and that was
For many, recovery begins in unexpected places. For Tyler Vaughn, 32, what started as a court-ordered treatment turned into a life-changing journey at Discovery Place located near Nashville, Tennessee. Most recently our trusted Admissions Coordinator, Tyler used his experience to help others find hope and healing where he once stood.
If only you could go to the doctor to get a shot to stop drinking, right? You could skip all those AA meetings, relapse struggles, and cravings outright, pass “Go” and collect your $200, so to speak. It would be as simple as that.
What does wellness mean to you? Maybe your mind immediately goes to your physical health, or you think about your emotional state or spiritual life. Wellness is a broad term, with everything from life experience to culture and region impacting how we think about it.
In this heartfelt and moving video, Mike—a proud father—shares the powerful story of his son Matt’s transformation through the drug and alcohol spiritual retreat at Discovery Place.
My name’s Kevin. I’m an alcoholic. I’m a guide here at Discovery Place. I’ve worked here for a little over a year and a half. Essentially what that means is that I show the guys the same thing that was shown to me: I help him through the Steps. I
The leaves are starting to turn. Days become shorter, nights longer. The once refreshing cool breeze of summer has grown chillier and stronger. Football is back. School is in session. I find myself craving hearty foods and warm beverages. Fall is here, and that means the holidays are close behind.
Problems. So many problems. There’s money problems, relationship problems, work problems and health problems. Active addiction has made mountain ranges out of ant hills. All of my escaping and withdrawing from life did not prevent life from happening and it happened, problematically. “Will she take me back?” “How am I
