Recovery
Breathe Life Healing Center Lists Fisher Mansion For Sale
Spiritual retreat center exits Palmer Woods after six-month NIMBY battle Nearly six months of conversations with the Palmer Woods homeowner’s association and the City of Detroit have resulted in the difficult decision to relocate the residential portion of Breathe Life Healing Center’s program, after failing to reach a compromise. “The Palmer Woods neighborhood association spoke loud and clear…
Read MoreMental Health Awareness Month: B4Stage4
Brad Lamm, CIP Statistics show that many of us start down the road of addiction when we begin to self-medicate undiagnosed anxiety or mental health disorders with drugs, alcohol or food. This May, Mental Health America (MHA) is sponsoring Mental Health Awareness Month, with the goal of bringing awareness to mental illness before the most…
Read MoreSafe from Self-Harm
Brad Lamm, CIP Cutting. WebMD calls it a practice that is foreign and frightening to parents and loved ones of those who partake. Although it may seem like it, it is not a suicide attempt. Cutting is a form of self-injury — where a person is literally making small cuts on his or her body,…
Read MoreHow do you Maintain Sobriety on Pain Meds?
Brad Lamm, CIP Last year, a recent alum of Breathe Life Healing Center was admitted to the hospital for surgery. As an addict in early recovery from opioids, there was naturally concern about pain management. She faced a question that many of us will at some point be faced with: How does one maintain sobriety…
Read MoreFreedom From Bondage
Brad Lamm, CIP When Paul Mason moved back home to care for his ailing mother after his father died, he had no idea that would open the door to a vicious battle with food addiction. As a postman in his native Suffolk, England, Mr. Mason eventually resigned from his job when he could no longer…
Read MoreDealing with Early Sobriety Triggers
The real work to stay sober begins when you leave treatment. Your commitment to abstain from drugs, food or alcohol is contingent upon your ability to identify triggers and a willingness to learn how to deal with them. Cravings, numbing out and a desire to escape from uncomfortable feelings are all potential triggers that will…
Read MoreWhen It’s Time to Tell the Family About Your Addiction
Brad Lamm, CIP Coming to terms with your addiction is the first step on the road to recovery. Once you’ve done that, it’s time to tell your loved ones what’s been happening. Although it’s not something we look forward to, following these guidelines will help you accomplish the next step as smoothly as possible. Write…
Read MoreAlcohol Awareness Month: For the Health of It
Brad Lamm, CIP April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Founded and sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD), this year’s theme is: “For the Health of It: Early Education on Alcoholism and Addiction.” No other substance is more widely used and abused by America’s youth than alcohol, making alcoholism and alcohol-related…
Read MoreDr. Tian Dayton Receives President’s Award
Brad Lamm, CIP The American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP) awarded Dr. Tian Dayton the President’s Award at their national conference on Monday. Dr. Dayton, who holds a position as Director of the New York Psychodrama Training Insititute and is a fellow of the ASGPP, is the Director of Clinical Programming at Breathe…
Read MoreFailure to Launch
Brad Lamm, CIP Quarter-life crisis is a term you may not be familiar with but it’s used to describe a very real phenomenon we’re seeing more and more. Initially coined as an analogy with mid-life crisis, the term ‘failure to launch’ refers to the time from teens to the thirties in which an individual becomes…
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