by Duane Osterlind | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog
Recovery is tricky. With alcoholism, for instance, people assume that if you remove the alcohol because alcohol is the problem, then you should get better. But people in the first 30 days of recovery don’t get better, they get worse. Addiction is referred...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 28, 2022 | Addiction, Betrayal Trauma, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, PTSD, Recovery, Teens, Therapy, Trauma
A lot of people are oblivious to recurring issues they encounter in life when those are actually the result of some unresolved childhood trauma manifesting in different ways. Whether it’s addiction, alcoholism, a toxic romantic relationship, a dysfunctional family,...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 22, 2022 | Blog
Recovery doesn’t stop once you leave the doors of the treatment facility. Rather, you have to work on living a recovery lifestyle. It’s beyond attending AA meetings or saying no to parties. It’s about being mindful and choosing to be intentional in how you want...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 21, 2022 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy, Trauma
On today’s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane speaks with Constance Scharff, co-author of Rock to Recovery: Music as a Catalyst for Human Transformation, and author of the award-winning poetry book, Meeting God at Midnight. They talk about other things you...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 15, 2022 | Blog
How do you develop the tools to attain recovery? Serge Prengel, the author of The Proactive Twelve Steps for Mindful Recovery, believes that while everyone is different, change will start to manifest itself through the power of a mindful pause. He also introduces this...
