by nash_admin | Oct 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Here is the link: http://www.newschannel5.com/news/narcan-made-available-over-the-counter
by nash_admin | Jul 7, 2017 | news
Only about three million people of 23 million people with addictions and mental illnesses get help. And many experts believe stigma around mental health diseases is what stops more folks from getting help. So there’s this movement afoot to get people in recovery to...
by nash_admin | Jul 7, 2017 | news
As a kid, Kayti Protos had asthma and she was “a late bloomer, proportionally awkward” and other kids thought she was uncool. Aha! We recovering addicts and alcoholics think we know what’s next – Kayti turned to drugs and alcohol. Not so. Instead, Kayti restricted...
by nash_admin | Jul 7, 2017 | news
For today’s blog post we have a very special guest blogger, Brad Schmitt! Brad is a Nashville based blogger over at Nashville Recovers, and today he will share a glimpse of what recovery looks like and some of the road blocks older peers face when trying to help...
by nash_admin | Jul 7, 2017 | news
My last night in rehab was my worst — raging headache, overwhelming fear and nagging thoughts kept me up most of the night. Where am I going to work? How will I get around without a driver’s license? Will I really go to these recovery meetings on the “outside”? Am I...
by nash_admin | Dec 3, 2015 | news, Uncategorized
by Brad Schmitt My last night in rehab was my worst — raging headache, overwhelming fear and nagging thoughts kept me up most of the night. Where am I going to work? How will I get around without a driver’s license? Will I really go to these recovery meetings on the...
by nash_admin | Sep 3, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
One of the very first people I met when I went to rehab is a guy named Jack Daniels. No lie. And he actually worked at the treatment center. Still does. OK, Jack Daniels is actually a stage name, and longtime (meaning “older”) country fans might remember Jack as the...
by nash_admin | Aug 27, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
My buddy Preston is the only guy I know who consistently breaks into jail. Preston and I are among dozens, maybe hundreds of people in recovery who regularly head out to Nashville’s felony drug court, a.k.a. DC4, to pick up guys there and take them to outside 12-step...
by nash_admin | Aug 20, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
So I’ve talked about one recovering addict who keeps clean through yoga. Here’s another growing non-traditional way to keep clean that’s growing quickly: Online recovery. More and more people in recovery are doing online meetings, online fellowship, creating online...
by nash_admin | Aug 13, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
Robin Williams’ suicide hit the recovery community hard. My friend Ed M., a fellow recovering addict, had this thought first: “How does someone who comes out of rehab go home and kill themselves?” “Here’s a guy surrounded by trained professionals who are there to help...
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