Addiction can affect anyone. We often associate addicts and alcoholics with those living on the streets, but in reality, drug and alcohol addiction can affect anyone. At Duffy’s we recognize the reality that your addiction has become a disease in your life and needs to be treated. Therefore, we embrace the medical model that your addiction is a disease, and we use the social model—which includes education, counseling, and peer support—to treat it. The following blog posts and articles are designed to help you to better understand the disease of addiction.
I am grateful . . . . . . for the encouragement and wisdom of my recovery community. . . . for the patience of counselors, many of whom have been successful in their journeys. . . . for the guidance of my sponsor and the support of social communities and networks. . . . … Read More
I am grateful . . . . . .that I can wake up sober without a hangover. . . .that I can be happy without being on drugs. . . . that I am sober with each breath I take. Being grateful is a key component of recovery. This Thanksgiving, we are posting a Top 10 … Read More
I am thankful . . . . . . that I have a roof over my head and a place to sleep. . . . for a place where I can always be myself, a place of familiarity, comfort, and acceptance. . . . for electricity and heaters, morning showers and morning coffee, light and … Read More
I am grateful . . . . . . that I can have open, honest conversations with my family and friends. . . . for conversations no longer weighed down by lies, half-truths, and manipulations. . . .for conversations filled with life, love, and appreciation of one another. Being grateful is a key component of … Read More
I am grateful. . . . . . for the ability to help others who are struggling like I used to. . . . that that the lowest point in my life enables me to connect with others like never before. . . . that a negative experience can be used for something positive. . … Read More
Every Thanksgiving is an opportunity to stop, pause and think about where we’d be in our disease without recovery. For this thanksgiving, we’re creating a Top 10 Gratitude Countdown. Each day, leading up to Thanksgiving, we will post one more idea we are grateful for in recovery. Take a few moments this holiday season to … Read More
I AM GRATEFUL . . . . . . for peaceful nights, free of worry, guilt and pounding headaches. . . . that I am able to have a night of rest, not worried about how much money I owe or where I will get my next fix. . . . that I can end … Read More
There are lots of different approaches to treat alcohol addiction, like using medications (Naltrexone) or the meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous. Or biomarkers. Biomarker testing have been used to monitor treatment outcomes for quite some time, and lately biomarkers have been linked with genetic testing to facilitate personalized treatment. A recent pilot study done by the Waukesha County of … Read More
Painkiller addiction has hit the news pretty hard this year, shocking the nation with triple digit statistics about the prescription drug epidemic. If your someone who has just been prescribed pills from your doctor, you might be wondering what your chances are of getting addicted to them. The data out there is confusing with studies citing vast differences, … Read More
The school year is racing upon us. Parents of new or returning high school students are probably as apprehensive as their kids are excited. Because no matter how great the school is, there are always those things notorious in high schools: drinking, drugs, sex, and other risky behaviors. Of course, all the bad stuff tends … Read More
