Tips for Managing Anxiety

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Everyone has experienced some form of anxiety in their life. Whether it be nervousness before an exam or job interview, a first date, or speaking in public, it’s a relatable feeling. We live in a fast paced environment with many responsibilities and we try to manage multiple things at once. There’s an unspoken expectation that

Surviving Going Back to School

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As summer winds down, flocks of college students migrate back to their sleepy college towns and nest in their new dorm rooms for the next school year. The routine of going to class, studying, completing projects, having internships and extracurricular activities and maintaining a social life becomes overwhelming and stressful for students. Many students have

A Mindful Sobriety

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In recent decades, mindfulness and meditation have become popular catch-words, described as the newest pathway to healing in everything from professional journals to pop psychology columns in fashion magazines. The concept of present-centered awareness, though a component of most ancient philosophies and religions, seems to be a experiencing a heroic comeback. Why now? Is it

Four Myths of Meditation

A fascination with, and exploration of, the spiritual-self is a common thread, binding all cultures of the world, traversing space and time. We can see it in the centuries-old use of ayahuasca in the Incan cultures of the Amazon Basin. We can imagine it in the spiritual drive that resulted in the building of the

Step Two: My Experience

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In Step Two, we come to believe our sanity can be restored by a Power greater than ourselves.  When I heard this, I was a little confused. What does this mean? Are you implying that right now I am insane? My answer quickly came from my sponsor. He said, “Yes, you are insane; you continue

Cost of Addiction and Drug Abuse

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Cost of Addiction and Drug Abuse April 24, 2013 Addiction isn’t just the problem of alcoholics and addicts. It affects everyone in the United States. We’re all paying for the widespread addiction problem and the price is pretty high. Learn more about the high cost of addiction and drug abuse in our infographic, The Cost

Surf Therapy Recovery

Surf Therapy Recovery is a safe, secure, and non-judgmental living facility bridging the gap between completion of an in-patient alcohol/drug treatment program and the individual’s return to home and family.  Our transitional setting provides an opportunity for those in recovery to refine and utilize the skills they learned during treatment in order to prevent behavioral