Our blog is designed to touch the hearts and minds of everyone in crisis. We would like to keep this forum clean and safe. With that being said we also realize that the environment often associated with addictions can be scary and negative. Let’s gather together as many individuals with many voices to “clean up” our minds and souls, work together as one family, expressing ourselves in peace and harmony.

  • Continuum Recovery Interviewed by WFMD Radio!
    Monday, December 21st, 2020

    Continuum Recovery Interviewed by WFMD Radio!

    Our Clinical Director, Donna Stefanick, sits down with Frank Mitchell, Program Director for WFMD and longtime afternoon host of Mid-Maryland Live to discuss treatment, intervention, and prevention programs that...
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  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
    Wednesday, October 28th, 2020

    Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental illness that causes repeated unwanted thoughts or sensations (obsessions) or the urge to do something over and over again (compulsions). Some people can...
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  • Emotional Sobriety – by Trishna Patnaik
    Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

    Emotional Sobriety – by Trishna Patnaik

    Surrender to what is. Let go if what was. Have faith in what will be. What Is Emotional Sobriety?      Emotional sobriety is less about the quality of the feeling...
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  • Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)
    Monday, July 8th, 2019

    Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)

    Earlier in our blog series we discussed the nuances of early recovery and the phenomenon “anhedonia”, that renders former substance abusers unable to feel any forms of pleasure without...
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  • Language and Stigma
    Thursday, June 13th, 2019

    Language and Stigma

    As the opioid crisis continues to explode in the United States, it seems there is now no one who remains unscathed.  Citizens from everywhere are losing their spouses, children,...
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  • Taking Moral Inventory
    Monday, June 3rd, 2019

    Taking Moral Inventory

    Step four of Alcoholics Anonymous states that we “made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves”.  While a twelve-step program is not the only pathway to continued sobriety, it is...
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  • Recovery and the LGBT Community 
    Monday, May 20th, 2019

    Recovery and the LGBT Community 

    It is estimated that 30% of the LBGT community suffers from some form of addiction—whether it be gambling, shopping, or illicit substances. Compared to 9% of the general population,...
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  • Meaning and Support Networks
    Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

    Meaning and Support Networks

    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou Addiction serves not only as a dysfunctional thought and behavioral pattern that enslaves users...
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  • The Importance of Honesty in Treatment
    Friday, May 3rd, 2019

    The Importance of Honesty in Treatment

    A cornerstone in any 12-step program, honesty is paramount to recovery.  Many times, the alcoholic or addict is the last one in their lives to know that they have...
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