Recovery Month 2020: Celebrating Connections

At Pacific Shores, we hope you have found time to help raise awareness about suicide prevention. You may remember some of the suggestions we provided earlier in the month, such as posting infographics on social media. Spreading the message about suicide prevention is essential in the effort to reduce premature deaths and encourage people to… Continue reading Recovery Month 2020: Celebrating Connections

National Recovery Month: 30 Years Strong

National Recovery Month is underway across the United States. The vital observance has several purposes, which we will cover in later sections of this post. First, let’s acknowledge the millions of men and women who are working programs of long-term addiction recovery. All of you are living proof that sobriety is an achievable goal, and… Continue reading National Recovery Month: 30 Years Strong

Alcohol Use Disorder: A Global Problem

As National Recovery Month and Suicide Prevention Month come to a close, it only fits that the World Health Organization (WHO) should release a startling report about the most harmful substance on the planet—alcohol. Please do not take such a statement to mean that other mind-altering substances are less dangerous than alcohol; however, no other… Continue reading Alcohol Use Disorder: A Global Problem

Recovery Month: Carrying the Message

In the rooms of recovery, we talk a lot about the concept of paying it forward. The idea: if you want to keep what you have (sobriety), you have to give it away. On the surface, it makes a lot of sense since we recover together. Those who attempt to heal without the assistance of… Continue reading Recovery Month: Carrying the Message