Guest Blog from STARS Nashville by Brad

Guest Blog from STARS Nashville by Brad

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...
The Season of Giving

The Season of Giving

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...

The Season of Giving

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...

Are we really that different from Robin Williams?

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...