by Addiction Treatment Services | Aug 9, 2021 | Addiction Treatment, Recovery, Social Support
Hello Port 45 family and friends! The summer presses on and so do the recovery events for the 2021 year. For those in early recovery, you may have been hearing announcements in groups or meetings about workshops or area events that are scheduled for the upcoming... 
by Addiction Treatment Services | Jul 27, 2021 | Addiction Treatment, Advice, Personal Account, Recovery
Hello Port 45 Family and Friends, In my last blog I shared my experience of early recovery and my 10-year celebration. This has led me to reflect on some of the experiences that I have had in recovery that are not so happy. I have spoken several times about my sister... 
by Addiction Treatment Services | May 11, 2021 | Addiction Treatment, Advice, Personal Account, Recovery
Hello Port 45 Recovery Family and Friends! With Mother’s Day being this past weekend, I thought that I would share a little about my spiritual awakening and how it relates to motherhood. I lost my mother to cancer only five days after I completed treatment in 2011. I... 
by Addiction Treatment Services | Mar 18, 2021 | Addiction Treatment, Advice, Personal Account, Recovery
Hello Port 45 Family, I recently had some feelings come up that reminded me of a common struggle among recovering addicts, dealing with the wreckage of the past. My experience was a complicated one. I have an app on my phone from the United States Postal Service and... 
by Rick Fannin | Feb 18, 2021 | Addiction Treatment, Goals, Personal Account, Social Support
By: Rick Fannin, CT, Port 45 Recovery Do you like pickles? I sure do! Pickles start as cucumbers, and no matter how much they may try, a pickle can never go back to being a cucumber. Instead of struggling with becoming a cucumber again, it would be a better use of... 
by Addiction Treatment Services | Feb 12, 2021 | Addiction Treatment, Advice, Personal Account, Recovery, Triggers
Hello Port 45 family! For this week’s blog I thought I would talk about one of my personal triggers. For those not in addiction recovery, a “trigger” is any form of stimuli that initiates the desire to engage in addictive behavior. During a recovery program, triggers...