Port 45 Recovery’s Blog
Updates and advice on topics ranging from treatments, recovery news and mental health advice.
Celebrating Recovery from Addiction & Reflecting on Family Relationships
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...
Experience, Strength & Hope: Celebrating 10 Years of Continuous Sobriety
Hello Port 45 Friends and Family! I waited until today to write my blog because today I celebrate 10 years of continuous sobriety! In recovery we share our experience, strength and hope to help the next person so here is my recovery story. 10 years ago, today I woke...
Sustaining Recovery in the Summer: Time to Get Outside
Hello Port 45 Friends and family! I am a few days late with my Blog this week which is a direct result of the weather! Summer is upon us and with that comes an opportunity to enjoy the sunshine. The winter months are difficult for me as I suffer from seasonal...
Addiction Recovery, Gratitude and Memorial Day Reflections
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...
Addiction Recovery Advice: Getting Clean as a Recovery Mom
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...
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...