One Small Step Today…One Giant Leap for the Rest of Your Life
Home / blog / The First Step STEP 1 – ADMITTING WE HAVE A PROBLEM Since I promised a step a month for the 12 Steps of AA I need to address steps 1 & 2 this month. After the busy holiday season (yes I know it’s February), January completely slipped passed me and now […]
Triggers
Home / blog / Managing threats to your sobriety There can be many obstacles in maintaining treatment and recovery goals. Some long-standing obstacles in recovery are referred to as “triggers”, those physical and emotional cues that can leave addicts with the desire to use. Although these cues do not force someone in recovery to use, […]
12 Steps – An Intro
Home / blog / – Client Engagement Coordinator The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous Addiction isn’t a choice. No one person in recovery I have encountered, set out on their life path with the goal of becoming an addict. Not one. This is not a ground breaking statement when you consider how alcoholism as an […]
Sober Super Bowl?!
Home / blog / Tips for the big game STEP 1 – ADMITTING WE HAVE A PROBLEM Game day is upon us! With millions of viewers, many Americans treat it like a holiday event (even costing employers a lot of money the day after!). No matter if you’re an avid football fan or not, chances […]
Serenity in Recovery
Home / blog / The Journey of Recovery Life is full of ups and downs and no one is more aware of this than a person in recovery from addiction. There will be periods where things are going well and sobriety remains a priority. Then there will be harder times. Times when life is throwing […]
Can we ever drink again?
Home / blog / Abstinence vs Controlled Consumption My dad had become seriously ill in the last couple months of his cancer diagnosis. My sister and I moved him from his apartment, where he lived alone, so that we could care for him. We also took over the move and cleanup of his things from […]
A Message From Our Founder
Home / blog / What Is Addiction? No, this is not the start of a joke with a witty punchline, it actually describes the catalyst for the founding Asurgent Health. I and I suspect the majority of people, are rarely exposed to the ugly world of addiction and the havoc it wreaks on its victims […]