Misinformation Misses the Mark When It Comes to Recovery — Part One Have you ever heard that you need to wait at least 30 minutes after eating before you go swimming? Or have you been told that sitting too close to your television will damage your eyes? Or how about being told that if you...Read More

In a recent entry, we started a Casey Kasem-inspired countdown of our favorite pop culture references across our blog.  Numbers ten through six included: Budgeting is Important (Popeye) A Collection of Quick Tips (Classic Catchy Songs) Recovery is a Journey (“Life Is a Highway” and “It’s the Climb”) Questions of Willpower Don’t Apply to Recovery...Read More

If you have read a number of our blog entries, you may have noticed that we have a tendency to use various aspects of pop culture—songs, movies, comics, and more—to make our various points about sobriety and the recovery journey. In this entry, we will use another staple of pop culture—the countdown, as popularized by...Read More

When you think about the key parts of treatment for substance use disorders, detox and rehab probably come to mind right away. And that makes sense. After all, medically supervised detoxification is what allows a person with a substance use disorder to safely reclaim their sobriety. And rehabilitation—including group and individual therapy—is the part of...Read More

You probably know the song “Life Is A Highway.” You might be most familiar with the Rascal Flatts version, but we are partial to this somewhat bizarre video for Tom Cochrane’s original recording. (We strongly discourage you from playing the harmonica in the middle of the highway.) In the song, the singer suggests a series...Read More

Signs help us make good decisions. Traffic signs—stop, yield, lane ends, one way, and more—help keep everyone on the road safe. Signs pointing to the restrooms or identifying the exits or revealing whether a business is open or closed help us travel through public spaces. And in extremely busy spots—the airport, a stadium, a performing...Read More

WICHITA, Kan., April 17, 2024  — Bel Aire Recovery Center, a 45-bed facility providing substance use detox, residential treatment, partial hospitalization, and outpatient services, is now a fully contracted partner with Tricare, expanding their award-winning Tactical Recovery treatment program for the military and veteran community. Bel Aire is owned by Summit BHC, a leading behavioral health and substance...Read More

Not Wholly Sober: Functioning Alcoholics, Dry Drunks, In one sense, the idea of sobriety is pretty easy to wrap your head around. If you are not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, you are sober. By extension, if you have given up drugs and alcohol entirely, you can also be described as sober. Seems fairly...Read More