New Article About The Evolution Of Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery
"Change is the watchword of long-term recovery from AUD/SUD. Whatever stage of change in your recovery that you’re in, I hope you find the willingness to continue to change in…
"Change is the watchword of long-term recovery from AUD/SUD. Whatever stage of change in your recovery that you’re in, I hope you find the willingness to continue to change in…
Awakening Recovery's Executive Director and Co-Founder David Van Der Velde recently published a thought-provoking essay on how recovery from a substance use disorder is like a "Hero's Journey" paradigm. Those…
About half of those that experience a substance or alcohol use disorder (SUD and AUD respectively) also known as drug addiction and alcoholism, experience a co-occurring mental health disorder. Additionally, up to…
Growing up I was a seeker and had a sense of a Higher Power that today I choose to call God. As I experienced my childhood and adolescent years, however,…
The American Medical Association defines alcoholism as a disease and the National Institute of Health (NIH) defines Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) as a complex disease, yet there is still much…
By David van der Velde
By David van der Velde