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I AM: Affirmations and The Power of The Mind

by and Zac Spowart | Dec 22, 2022 | Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Behavioral Health

Selfish. Narcissistic. Spoiled. Entitled. Privileged. ADD. Anxious. Depressed. Stubborn. Tiring… Do you ever find yourself or others labeling you with names like these listed above? If it’s from within, odds are it’s a pretty relentless and burdensome...
Recovery Is For Everyone – Every Person, Every Family, and Every Community

Recovery Is For Everyone – Every Person, Every Family, and Every Community

by Merlyn Karst | Nov 3, 2022 | Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Behavioral Health, Community, Long-Term Recovery, Peer Recovery, Support

We are now coming into November. The TV is quite littered with political ads peddling support for election or  a cause, new administration, referendum, climate change, or abortion. Depending on one’s will, dedication, and passion, decisions will be made on...
Recovery Month is Every Month

Recovery Month is Every Month

by Merlyn Karst | Oct 6, 2022 | Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Behavioral Health, Long-Term Recovery, Peer Recovery, Support

In reflecting on Recovery Month’s research and discovery, I follow a lead and have adopted the theme of Every Person. Every Family. Every Community as a permanent tagline. The Recovery Movement is dedicated to organizing and mobilizing those in recovery from...
5 Dimensions of Recovery Capital – Do You Know the Basics?

5 Dimensions of Recovery Capital – Do You Know the Basics?

by Tom Karl | Jun 17, 2022 | Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Behavioral Health, Recovery Capital

According to the originators, William Cloud and Robert Granfield, Recovery Capital refers to “the breadth and depth of internal and external resources that can be drawn upon to initiate and sustain recovery” from substance use disorder. William White’s work heightened...
Loves and Lives Lost

Loves and Lives Lost

by Merlyn Karst | Jun 1, 2022 | Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Behavioral Health, Community

I began this blog before the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting. This horrible event, involving young school children, got much world attention. History reports that mass shootings scatter people, and then bring them together. Survivors gather in mutual and sustaining...
10 Processes of Change — Do You Know What Drives the 5 Stages?

10 Processes of Change — Do You Know What Drives the 5 Stages?

by Tom Karl | Dec 23, 2021 | Addiction & Recovery, Addiction Discussions, Behavioral Health

As I’ve traveled the country these past 4+ years launching R1 I’ve learned a lot, with the help from so many others, about the behavioral health industry, workforce shortages, and the basic competencies required for practitioners to be effective at all levels of...
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