Real people sharing real stories about their experience with substance abuse and mental health.
During my twenty-five year career in substance abuse treatment, I’ve frequently heard family members (and clients) insist that "Alcohol isn't his/her/my problem - drugs are!" and "Alcoholism isn't his/her/my problem - addiction is!" as if the same principles of recovery from chemical dependency don't apply to any dysfunctional situation where alcohol either isn't present or isn't present enough to be identified as the primary drug-of-choice.
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Imagine a world where sugar is outlawed. Fruits, veggies, pastas, poultry and seafood rule the land.
Only sugar junkies, sweet treat fiends and cake addicts do sugar. They live in dark dingy alley ways near dumpsters, some live in those nasty “s
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By: Michael Kellerman, Transformations alumnus
There she laid… her strawberry blonde hair crusty and tinged with a dark red, like the chain of a bicycle that has rusted from being left out in the rain. Jaimee is her name. Beautiful, intelligent,
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As the wife of an Army Ranger and First Gulf War Veteran, I’ve always been proud of my husband and the sacrifices he has made for our country, but I never really understood the toll it would have on him. When we got married, I knew he had nightmares
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Sometimes the hardest thing a person will ever experience in their life is trying to gain their composure and lead a conversation with an addict they love- when inside they are falling apart, the back of their throat is burning with a desperate anger
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Repeat Offender: Navigating My Way through Multiple Treatments Centers
By: Chris Collins, Transformations alumnus and Alumni Coordinator
I was fourteen years old when I landed in my first treatment center. The line between recreational and
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By Natasha Lisbey, Transformations alumna and Supervisor of Alumni Services
I was blessed with an opportunity to remove myself from the toxic chaos I had cultivated in my active addiction, a few weeks where I was sequestered in a bubble of recover
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By: Helana Cabral, Transformations Alumna and Director of Alumni Services
You don’t graduate sobriety. This is why being part of an amazing alumni family like the one we have at Transformations Treatment Center is so important. One of the things
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By: Laura Lawrence, MA, CAP, Director of Outpatient and Family Services
Time and time again we hear that addiction is a family disease. What exactly does that mean? We aren’t the ones using alcohol and drugs! It is often difficult for us to
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By: Megan Garvey, LCSW, MCAP, Clinical Director for Transformations Treatment Center
I’ve been asked many times, “What makes Transformations Treatment Center unique?” And right off the bat, I can think of several ways that we stand apart f
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