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Understanding Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders

by Rob Cline | Jun 29, 2023 | Addiction

Regular readers of this blog know that Wooded Glen Recovery Center is invested in the treatment of more than substance use disorders. We are also committed to addressing co-occurring mental health disorders. The reason for this is simple: sobriety and good mental...

Working From Home in Recovery

by Rob Cline | Jun 5, 2023 | Addiction

If anything good could be said to have come from the pandemic, it might be that we now have a better understanding of how and where work can be effectively done. For many employees, the months of working from home to avoid COVID have continued even after many things...

Emotions that Can Upend Recovery

by Rob Cline | May 8, 2023 | Addiction, Alcoholism

Anger and Sadness: Emotions that Can Upend Recovery (and Could Indicate a Mental Health Disorder) Have you ever stopped to think about the ways in which your emotions affect your behavior? Often, especially given how full our schedules tend to be, we think about our...

Defining High Functioning Alcoholics, Dry Drunk, Standby Addiction

by Rob Cline | Apr 28, 2023 | Addiction, Alcoholism

This time out, we are doing a little bit of rhyming to help you remember three situations that you must be on the lookout for when you are in recovery from a substance use disorder. Our little bit of doggerel goes like this: If it is sobriety you seek to try You can’t...

Honesty in Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders

by Rob Cline | Apr 12, 2023 | Addiction, Alcoholism

American founding figure Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying, “Honesty is the best policy.” His fellow founder Thomas Jefferson held honesty in high esteem as well. According to Jefferson, “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” Most of us would...

The Harm in Harm Reduction Programs

by Rob Cline | Dec 6, 2022 | Addiction, Recovery

The idea of “harm reduction” is an appealing one. After all, who wouldn’t want to reduce harm anytime such a thing is possible? Ideally, of course, we would like to avoid harm entirely, but reduced harm is preferable to more harm, right? Absolutely. But are there...