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Community Support for Addiction Recovery

Posted on March 26, 2018

in addiction recovery, Addiction Rehab, community, community support groups

One of the things that makes AToN Center so unique is that we expose all of our residents to different styles of community meetings. So many struggling with addiction problems think there is only one way to get support – which is through Twelve Step...

Drinking Alcohol And Using Drugs

Posted on November 4, 2017

in Alcohol, community, drugs, Healthy Relationships, Patricia Brady, separation

by Aton Center

We humans are communal by nature. We depend on each other for our physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs. Drinking alcohol and using drugs, however, separate us from our community. That separation fuels the addictive cycle and causes further negative consequences. Part of the recovery process...

Dysregulation in addiction and early Sobriety

Posted on September 15, 2017

in communication, community, community support groups, family, family support, family therapy for addiction

by Aton Center

An individual making the transition from a life of addiction to recovery faces the task of reorganizing the method in which they live. The influence of addiction on a person’s life can result in a multi-faceted dysregulated experience. Being dysregulated has a wide range of...

Community for Help with Addiction

Posted on August 12, 2017

in Alcohol, community, drug abuse, Joshua Persoff, recovery, treatment

by Aton Center

People who come to receive treatment at AToN come from a myriad of different backgrounds and cultures. Most share a common goal or bond, that is their desire to achieve freedom from the life damaging consequences of alcohol and drug use. Developing and nurturing this bond with others...

Stages of Recovery

Posted on July 30, 2017

in addiction, Alcohol, alcohol treatment, awareness, community, coping strategies, drug treatment, fear, recovery, sobriety, substance abuse, support

by Aton Center

The progression of alcoholism and addiction usually passes through several declining stages before an individual makes the decision to enter treatment. What might have started as a path to increase socialization and well-being often can lead to a solitary and lonely existence. This isolation can even...