Join the voices, speak up, reach out…   Do you have family members or friends in recovery? How about long term recovery? When people first get sober, taking it “one day at a time,” receiving that first 24 hour AA chip and then a 30 day AA chip can feel like it takes forever. Considering...Read More

September Is National Recovery Month This is the 24th year that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has been actively involved in promoting recovery by promoting September as National Recovery Month. Each year SAMHSA creates a poster (see 2013 poster to the right) which carries the message for the recovery theme. You...Read More

2012 Art of Recovery Expo featured a Special Workshop The 7th Annual 2012 Art of Recovery Expo took place on September 22nd in Phoenix, AZ. The Expo is free to the public, offering education, resources and solutions for addictions and behavioral health. The emphasis is on adolescent, young adult and family recovery. Every year the...Read More

Enjoying lunch at Cottonwood Tucson Good nutrition and recovery So often when a person makes the critical decision to embrace the idea that recovery is possible and comes to treatment for their disease of addiction or mental health disorder they soon learn that part of treatment will and must include learning or relearning how to...Read More

  Let’s Celebrate National Recovery Month Tomorrow is September 1st and it marks the beginning of the 23rd Annual National Recovery Month. Recovery Month “is a national observance that educates Americans on the fact that addiction treatment and mental health services can enable those with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live a healthy...Read More