Port 45 Recovery’s Blog
Updates and advice on topics ranging from treatments, recovery news and mental health advice.
Advice for Fighting Addiction: the Fear of Change Can Be Crippling
Hello, Port 45 Family and Friends! This week I would like to discuss change. I have a lot of fear that comes along with change. When I came to work for Port 45 Recovery I was leaving a position that I had held for 5 years at another agency and I was taking a leap of...
Thoughts on Addiction: The Healing Properties and Triggers of Music
Hello Port 45 Family and Friends! What I have discovered from doing this blog every other week is that the subject matter appears to manifest itself naturally from week to week. I sit down each Friday and reflect on significant experiences that I have had from week to...
Dealing With Loss and the Therapeutic Value of Reaching Out To People
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...
Cleaning Up the Wreckage of Our Past
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...
Addiction Recovery: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Southern Ohio
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...
The Surprising Link Between Pickles and Substance Abuse
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...
The Dangers of Triggers While Recovering from Addiction
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...
I Can’t but We Can: The Power of Social Support in Recovery
By: Rick Fannin, Port 45 Recovery Addiction is a biological, psychological, and social impairment. Much scientific focus has been on addiction's biological and psychological aspects, but the social aspect is equally important. Social Connection Theory proposes that...
Safe Harbor Living and Markki’s Harbor Women’s House
I was inspired this week to talk about an individual named Markki. She was a beautiful, smart, stubborn, and funny woman. Those who knew Markki by reputation feared her, but those of us who knew the real Markki -- loved her. I had the honor to know this amazing person...
Setting Goals & Planning for a Successful Recovery from Addiction
By: Rick Fannin, Port 45 Recovery January is in mid-swing, but the beginning of each new year is typically a time to reflect on the past and plan for what lies ahead. One tradition prevalent during this changing of the year is setting new year's...
Welcome to 2021 Port 45 Family and Friends!
2020 was emotionally exhausting for many of us, including all of the staff here at Port 45 Recovery. But the new year gives us motivation to start anew! As I reflect on the last year I am reminded of a simple principle taught to me in recovery. “A grateful addict...
Addiction is Not a Character Defect
Hello, Port 45 Family and friends! Kathy here with my bi-weekly blog for Port 45 Recovery. I had an experience this last week that I thought that I would share. As a person in recovery, we are taught very early on about character defects. Things like lying,...