by Rob Cline | Oct 11, 2023 | Mental Health
Here in late September, it is already apparent in several ways that the year is winding down. The kids are back in school. The baseball playoffs are upon us, and so is football season. Halloween decorations are starting to appear in stores (and in the windows and...
by Rob Cline | Jul 20, 2023 | Mental Health
Three Lifestyle Changes That Can Lower Your Stress Levels While stress is part of everyone’s life, too much stress is never a good thing. This is particularly true for people who are in recovery from a substance use disorder. High levels of stress can increase the...
by Rob Cline | Jul 13, 2023 | Mental Health, Addiction Recovery
Have you ever seen a quick-change artist—a magician or other stage performer who needs to rapidly (even instantly) change from one outfit to another? It can be an impressive bit of showmanship, often eliciting gasps and applause from dazzled audience members. In the...
by Rob Cline | Apr 12, 2023 | Mental Health
How often are you hanging out? According to a new book by Sheila Liming titled Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time, most of us are not hanging out with friends or family nearly enough. In a feature in the online publication Slate, Dan Kois writes of the...
by Rob Cline | Apr 5, 2023 | Mental Health
If you have read a few of our blog entries, you have likely encountered the phrase “co-occurring mental health disorder.” The idea is that it is possible—indeed, it is common—to be struggling with a substance use disorder and a mental health disorder at the same time...
by Rob Cline | Nov 7, 2022 | Mental Health, Addiction Recovery, Healthy Living
When you hear the phrase “strike a pose,” there is a decent chance your mind immediately serves up “Vogue,” the 1990 Madonna classic. The admonitions to “strike a pose” and “vogue” are, of course, most of the substance of the song (along with a list of famous movie...
