It happens to all of us: a broken bone, a torn ligament, a pulled muscle, or a really nasty bout with the flu that produces a cough to end all coughs. We’ve all felt like the world is closing in on us, like the pain we’re feeling is the worst pain ev
Yogi Berra – Hall of Fame catcher and longtime New York Yankee – known for his backwards, aloof, and endearing logic, famously once said, “Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.” Mathematical impossibilities aside, Mr. B
Doreen Hunziker is the House Manager at Alternatives in Treatment. Q: Doreen, your 22 years at Alternatives In Treatment makes you the most tenured employee. How does that feel? A: I compare it to watching a child become an adult. The maturation
Drug and alcohol addiction treatment works on a number of positive fronts: aside from directly addressing the effects of substance abuse, it allows for co-occurring disorders – dual diagnosis – to be treated alongside the addiction, allowing for a mo
Recently, our CEO David Michael celebrated an exciting milestone: his twentieth anniversary with Alternatives in Treatment. And all of David’s well-deserved fanfare led to us to discover something special about the rest of our staff. It turns out tha
Since time immemorial, an integral part of the human condition has been the endless pursuit of perfection. We see it everywhere: in the time-tested monoliths erected to honor long-forgotten deities, in the American Dream so readily and willingly acce
You’ve heard it time and again: recovery is a lifelong process, and not only is there no cure for addiction, getting your life back on track requires a lifelong commitment. Without this mindset, no amount of drug and alcohol addiction treatment will
There’s an old saying we’re all familiar with: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” It is largely attributed to one of the more brilliant minds in history, Albert Einstein. A
Drug and alcohol addiction carries with it certain stigmas, the most troubling of which is that addiction is a choice, and that as a choice, the addict or alcoholic is able to “turn off” his addiction at the drop of a hat. Such appraisals are both in
And that’s ok. The struggle for sobriety is a struggle against megalomania, against the Napoleonic “you” living inside your head asserting that you are the warm gooey center of the universe. Recovery from drug and alcohol addiction is a fight against