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Drug and Alcohol Counseling

Sober Living vs Halfway House: Is There a Difference? - 15 June 2023
Benzos For Sleep Are A Bad Idea In Recovery - 14 June 2023
The Effects of Opioids on the Brain and Thinking - 27 March 2023
Fentanyl and Medication-Assisted Treatment - 15 November 2022
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Addiction Recovery - 16 August 2022
Adopting Lifestyle Changes for Lasting Recovery - 18 July 2021
Building Back Trust Once You've Achieved Sobriety - 8 July 2021
Fentanyl, Heroin, Speed and Oxycodone; the Devil’s Drugs - 5 March 2021
How Can Families Heal From Addiction? - 28 June 2019
Why Do You Need Aftercare? Four Reasons - 8 February 2019

Fentanyl

Fentanyl Seizures At San Diego Border Are Higher Than Ever - 30 June 2023
Everyday Heroes In California Save Lives with Naloxone - 9 January 2023
OUD, Relapse and Fentanyl - 19 December 2022
Counterfeit Pills And Fentanyl: A Silent Crisis - 15 December 2022
California Wants Overdose Reversal Drug For Fentanyl ODs in Schools - 14 December 2022
Fentanyl Overdoses Among Children in California and Beyond - 14 November 2022
San Diego is Overburdened with Fentanyl and the Toll is Devastating - 7 October 2022

Medication

Benzos For Sleep Are A Bad Idea In Recovery - 14 June 2023
Living With Chronic Pain in Recovery - 23 March 2023
New Proposed Rules Create Barriers to Buprenorphine - 28 February 2023
FDA Paves Way to OTC Naloxone Access To Prevent ODs - 27 February 2023
Facts About MAT and Recovery - 23 January 2023
Everyday Heroes In California Save Lives with Naloxone - 9 January 2023
Sublocade’s Role In Opioid Addiction Recovery - 8 July 2022
Is Anxiety Medication Addictive? - 20 April 2022
Addiction Professionals Support Biden's Commitment to OUD Solutions - 10 March 2021
Fentanyl, Heroin, Speed and Oxycodone; the Devil’s Drugs - 5 March 2021
San Diego: heaven for recovery - 12 June 2018

Opioids

Opioid-Induced Mood Disorders: What Are They? - 24 April 2023
The Effects of Opioids on the Brain and Thinking - 27 March 2023

Recovery

Men, Trauma and Healing in Recovery - 12 May 2023
Opioid-Induced Mood Disorders: What Are They? - 24 April 2023
What Is Cognitive Flexibility and How Does It Help With Sobriety? - 14 April 2023
Living With Chronic Pain in Recovery - 23 March 2023
Sober Living Provides Stability During Uncertain Times - 17 March 2023
PAWS, Opioids and Nutrition - 6 February 2023
Couples Therapy Helps Rebuild Trust In Recovery - 8 July 2022
Contingency Management For Addiction Recovery - 7 June 2022
Are You Substituting One Addiction For Another? - 13 May 2022
Understanding Insomnia In Early Recovery - 12 May 2022
The Link Between Trauma And Relapse - 21 April 2022
Why Do Newly-Sober People Have Drug Dreams? - 25 March 2022
Preventing Burnout In Recovery With Self-Care - 4 February 2022
What Are You Powerless Over? - 18 January 2022
Celebrating The Holidays In Recovery - 22 December 2021
Coping With Uncertainty - 20 December 2021
What Are Some Healthy Coping Skills? - 14 October 2021
Creating New, Healthy Friendships in Recovery - 30 September 2021
Dreams About Drugs: What Do They Mean? - 28 September 2021
Healthy Ways to Cope With Sadness in Recovery - 27 August 2021
Creating Your Support Network in Recovery - 12 August 2021
Adopting Lifestyle Changes for Lasting Recovery - 18 July 2021
Building Back Trust Once You've Achieved Sobriety - 8 July 2021
Accepting Yourself As You Are - 6 July 2021
How to Ask For Help - 25 June 2021
Getting Acquainted With 12 Step Meetings - 9 June 2021
Staying Sober (and Serene) in the Long-Term - 5 June 2021
Family Therapy and Recovery - 6 May 2021
Why Is Therapy Important When You Get Sober? - 14 April 2021
No, Kratom Doesn't Cure Addiction - 14 April 2021
How to Practice Patience - 26 February 2021
Building Self-Esteem As You Stay Sober - 15 February 2021
The Power of Exercise in Recovery - 12 February 2021
How to Stay Focused And Motivated In Recovery - 16 December 2020
Self-Care Rituals To Start Your Day - 14 December 2020
Costs of a DUI in California - 7 December 2020
Life in Recovery After a DUI - 16 November 2020
Choosing a New Sponsor - 27 October 2020
Learning Patience and Tolerance - 28 September 2020
COVID-19: Shaping A New Normal - 26 September 2020
Letting Go of Anger - 24 September 2020
Loneliness in Sobriety - 31 August 2020
Planning for the Future in Uncertain Times - 20 August 2020
Preventing Boredom in Recovery - 26 June 2020
How to Apologize When You Are Wrong - 18 June 2020
Using 12-Step Books to Deepen Your Recovery - 27 May 2020
How to Give Your Endorphins a Natural Boost - 27 May 2020
Coping With Job Loss in Recovery - 13 May 2020
Assertive Vs. Aggressive Communication For Men - 19 March 2020
Sharing Your Story of Recovery - 18 March 2020
Learning to Cook in Recovery - 14 February 2020
Look Out for Addiction to Work - 13 February 2020
Can a Healthy Diet Boost Your Mental Health? - 7 February 2020
Learning to Let Go With a “Letting Go” Box - 31 January 2020
How Can Family Adapt to Your Recovery? - 31 January 2020
The To-Do List as a Recovery Tool - 20 December 2019
7 Sober Coping Skills for the Holidays - 20 December 2019
How Active Listening Can Help Your Recovery - 17 December 2019
Staying Sober This Holiday Season - 27 November 2019
Living and Thriving Even When There's Stress - 26 November 2019
Taking Action Without Huge Expectations - 14 November 2019
Using Social Media as a Person in Recovery - 31 October 2019
Developing a New Passion in Recovery - 30 October 2019
Sobriety: Just how hard is it? - 11 June 2018
The Stigma of Addiction Prevails.... - 29 July 2014

San Diego

Fentanyl Seizures At San Diego Border Are Higher Than Ever - 30 June 2023
Sober Living vs Halfway House: Is There a Difference? - 15 June 2023
Substance Use Disorder in the Food Service Industry - 8 May 2023
Fentanyl and Horse Tranquilizer: The Rise of Tranq Dope - 5 May 2023
Blue Fentanyl Bust in Green Beans at Otay Mesa Port - 21 April 2023
Xylazine, aka Tranq Dope, Found in San Diego Drug Seizures - 20 January 2023
California Wants Overdose Reversal Drug For Fentanyl ODs in Schools - 14 December 2022
San Diego Man Who Sold Deadly Fentanyl Gets 15 Year Sentence - 16 November 2022
San Diego is Overburdened with Fentanyl and the Toll is Devastating - 7 October 2022
Educational Family Therapy’s Role In Recovery - 8 June 2022
California's Quiet Meth Addiction Crisis - 1 March 2022
Young Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Are Spiking In San Diego County - 16 February 2022
Forgiving Yourself For Your Addiction - 17 January 2022
Celebrating Thanksgiving In Recovery - 17 November 2021
Opioid Makers Win Reversal In California Lawsuit, Now What? - 16 November 2021
5 Healthy Ways To Cope With Anger Or Frustration - 21 October 2021
Addiction Professionals Support Biden's Commitment to OUD Solutions - 10 March 2021
Fentanyl, Heroin, Speed and Oxycodone; the Devil’s Drugs - 5 March 2021
Using Affirmations to Change Self-Talk - 14 July 2020
How Does Weather Affect Addiction? - 22 May 2019
Mindfulness is a Great Tool for Living Sober - 26 March 2019
Present Moments Hires new Executive Director Sandra Richardson, PHD-c, MFTI, LAADC - 19 December 2018
Finding Gratitude in the Everyday - 5 December 2018
Are You Setting Yourself Up for Relapse? - 25 September 2018
Self-Care Tips for Everyone in Recovery - 23 July 2018
Understanding Your Emotions in Early Recovery - 16 July 2018
San Diego: heaven for recovery - 12 June 2018
Sobriety: Just how hard is it? - 11 June 2018
The Cobain Legacy: Music and Sobriety - 15 February 2018
Sober Living: What to Ask? - 20 November 2017
Sia 6 years sober...In Recovery and Proud - 7 February 2017
Sober Living Home Fraud in Florida - 24 December 2016
Margaret Cho on Sober Living - 5 December 2016
Bobby Brown: A Story Of Hope - 2 November 2016
Sober Living, a Neighborhood Nightmare? - 18 October 2016
As the ban for sober living continues... - 18 August 2016
Fiorina opens up on family addiction - 19 September 2015
The new face of addiction - 20 August 2015
Best Recovery Homes shot in 4K - 19 August 2015
Tyler touting teetotaling... - 18 August 2015
Best Sober Living Homes (Intro) - 17 August 2015
Be Hari, not hard on them... - 17 August 2015
Eminem Shares Previous Struggle With Drugs That Pushed Him To 230 Pounds - 3 August 2015
Where to start from now? Sobriety and Housing - 3 August 2015
How Lowe can you go? Apparently, it's the other way around... - 18 July 2015
Heroin: the 90's nightmare is back - 4 July 2015
Arrested Development in Prison? - 29 June 2015
Clinton taking a fresh stance on drugs? - 12 June 2015
Hope over Dope - 5 June 2015
Kratom, not your typical synthetic drug - 22 May 2015
Addiction and Recovery - 20 May 2015
A son's story of growing up with his fathers addiction - 20 May 2015
Tired of being tired - 28 April 2015
Your newspaper columnist is not a mental health professional... - 17 April 2015
Sober living in San Diego (Part 1 of 4) - 11 April 2015
Sober Living San Diego (Full Video) - 6 April 2015
To license or not to license sober living homes - 11 March 2015
Greek system hurting more than helping: sober living homes and Colleges - 28 February 2015
Fifty Shades of...Wait? - 17 February 2015
How long will Manziel's treatment be before hes out in the field? - 3 February 2015
Dirty or part of the journey? MMA and our zero tolerance mindset of sports #jonjones #cocaine #mma #jiujitsu - 19 January 2015
Not just a getaway for presidents, but for those seeking recovery as well? - 3 January 2015
Heroin: a theme for 2015 - 30 December 2014
Wiki Withdrawal - 13 December 2014
Cooper opens up - 8 December 2014
Stronger than any note he had played before - 4 December 2014
Maybe getting a buzz is good to get off the hard stuff? - 29 November 2014
Goodbye Ganja for Gaga? - 26 November 2014
Sober Living Standards - 24 November 2014
To be or not to lsd? - 18 November 2014
Legalization...in Colombia? - 11 November 2014
Supreme Court Say No... - 7 November 2014
"The more we talk about it, the less shame there will be...". Thank you Joe. - 28 October 2014
Steven Tyler becomes vulnerable... - 22 October 2014
Ebola facts and CDC notices - 21 October 2014
Chris Christie on the wagon...to destigmatize addiction #brave #chrischristie #drugs #stigma #shame #guilt #fear #aa #na #recovery - 17 October 2014
Recovery from addiction: Another story of hope - 30 September 2014
100 billion is what it costs to continue seeing addiction as a war - 8 August 2014
And the ruling for sober living within OC is... - 8 August 2014
Canada on addiction treatment...lets raise our budget - 7 August 2014
The Stigma of Addiction Prevails.... - 29 July 2014
Yes, even out in vermont... #heroin #addiction - 14 July 2014
Powdered alcohol the new Pixie Stix for adults? - 22 April 2014
Interview with Gonzalo de la Torre from By The Sea Recovery - 25 February 2014
Surfing in Encinitas California (Swamis) - 21 March 2013

Sober Living

What Is Cognitive Flexibility and How Does It Help With Sobriety? - 14 April 2023
San Diego is Overburdened with Fentanyl and the Toll is Devastating - 7 October 2022
How to Talk About Your Recovery With Your Family - 25 November 2021
Adopting Lifestyle Changes for Lasting Recovery - 18 July 2021
Building Back Trust Once You've Achieved Sobriety - 8 July 2021
10 Ways To Lift Your Spirit in the Winter Months - 14 November 2020
Exploring Acceptance - 14 October 2020
New Guidelines for Sober Livings to use Medication Assisted Treatment Released by NARR - 2 July 2020
3 Common Dangers to Avoid in Longer-Term Recovery - 9 June 2020
Supporting Others In A Healthy Way - 27 April 2020
Accepting Powerlessness in the Age of COVID-19 - 24 April 2020
Understanding and Changing Negative Self-Talk - 11 March 2020
Are You Addicted to Danger? - 15 January 2020
Starting New and Healthy Habits - 24 October 2019
Practicing Willingness Throughout Recovery - 27 September 2019
Understanding and Learning Emotional Regulation - 25 September 2019
Mending Relationships With Parents in Recovery - 9 September 2019
How Guys Can Bond Without Drinking - 23 August 2019
Mental Health: What All Men Need to Know - 14 August 2019
Why Choose Aftercare? - 11 July 2019
Letting Go of Anger - 27 June 2019
How to Choose a 12-Step Sponsor - 14 June 2019
Watch Out for Boredom - 24 May 2019
Are You Depressed or Just “Down”? - 22 May 2019
Exercise is an Important Part of Wellness - 1 May 2019
Why Live With People in Sober Housing? - 24 April 2019
Finding Work After Addiction Treatment - 19 April 2019
Learning to Cope With Anxiety - 27 March 2019
Returning to Work in Recovery - 19 February 2019
Coping with Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) - 6 February 2019
Making New Friendships in Recovery - 22 January 2019
Three Huge Triggers for People in Recovery - 14 January 2019
Breaking Through Denial - 2 January 2019
Present Moments Hires new Executive Director Sandra Richardson, PHD-c, MFTI, LAADC - 19 December 2018
Essential Steps After Addiction Treatment - 17 December 2018
Learning to Relax - 10 December 2018
Fighting Stigma as a Person in Recovery - 30 November 2018
The Art of Setting Goals in Recovery - 20 November 2018
Resist Dangers to Sobriety During the Holidays - 14 November 2018
Keeping Your Recovery Momentum - 23 October 2018
Negative Self-Talk and Recovery - 16 October 2018
Staying Positive in Recovery - 8 October 2018
Common Fears in Recovery - 28 September 2018
How and Why You Need to Take Care of Your Health - 1 September 2018
5 Ways to Cope With Stress in Recovery - 22 August 2018
Responsibility and Recovery: Being Accountable - 6 August 2018
Recovery and Willpower: Myths and Facts - 9 July 2018
Sobriety: Just how hard is it? - 11 June 2018
The Stigma of Addiction Prevails.... - 29 July 2014
Interview with Gonzalo de la Torre from By The Sea Recovery - 25 February 2014

Sober Living

Sober Living vs Halfway House: Is There a Difference? - 15 June 2023
Sober Living Provides Stability During Uncertain Times - 17 March 2023
How Do Sober Living Homes Teach Responsibility? - 16 August 2022
What Is The Community Model Of Treatment? - 15 August 2022
San Diego County Combats Sharp Uptick In Overdoses - 13 October 2021
Marijuana is Addictive: Don’t Be Fooled About “California Sober” - 4 May 2021
Addiction Professionals Support Biden's Commitment to OUD Solutions - 10 March 2021
THIQ and Alcohol Addiction - 9 March 2021
San Diego Overdoses Spiking - 9 February 2021
New Guidelines for Sober Livings to use Medication Assisted Treatment Released by NARR - 2 July 2020
Staying Sober: Get the Most Out of Recovery Right Now - 6 April 2020
What Are The Dangers of Synthetic Marijuana? - 5 March 2019