by Addiction Treatment Services | May 25, 2021 | Personal Account, Recovery, Social Support
Hello Port 45 Family and Friends, As we close out May with Memorial Day, I have begun to reflect on those we have lost to addiction. I lost my cousin Danielle to this disease last week and amid those feelings, I became overwhelmed with gratitude. We have lost many... 
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 | Apr 7, 2021 | Advice, Personal Account, Recovery, Social Support, Triggers
Hello Port 45 Family and Friends! I am a little late submitting my blog this week. This is because this week is typically a hard week for me each year. If you have been following my blog you know that I lost my sister Sam to an overdose in 2001. March 23 was her... 
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 Addiction Treatment Services | Feb 27, 2021 | Advice, Goals, Personal Account, Recovery
Hello Port 45 Family and friends! Kathy here again. I thought this week I would discuss some exciting new developments that are happening with the Recovery efforts here in Southern Ohio! A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Josh Lawson, who is the Recovery... 
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...