Assertive Communication
How to Communicate to Heal, Not Hurt: Part 4 Finally, the best is last in our blog series. Assertive communication in addiction! There is a healthy way to communicate that can improve relationships and situations at home, at work, and everywhere. No method can guarantee success, but this one will improve the likelihood of a […]
Passive Aggressive Communication is Common in Addiction
Learn More From Top Of The World Ranch In Milan FINE. Whatever. These are phrases common in passive aggressive communication, which is the most covert and misleading form of negative communication. Communication in addiction is often passive aggressive; it is a way to control and deceptively manipulate. Whereas aggression is spontaneous, unplanned anger that aims to […]
Overcoming Negative Communication And Addiction
Top Of The World Ranch In Milan, Illinois Can Help In communication, as in most things human, “we have met the enemy, and it is us.” Negative communication patterns in addiction abound, and the same is true everywhere we look, every day. Some people have unknowingly developed maladaptive ways of communicating. Some people deliberately choose […]
Communication in Addiction and Recovery
How to Communicate to Heal, Not Hurt Communication in addiction and its value in recovery can be overlooked and under-appreciated. “People start to heal the moment they feel heard,” says Chery Richardson in her Week 41 blog. We understand this in the field of addiction and mental health treatment. For healing to occur within one’s […]
Discover More About Values In Addiction Recovery
Top Of The World Ranch Addiction Recovery Services This is a familiar statement I have heard from family members about their addicted loved ones. It is evidence of how much addiction is a disorder of value and values. We all know that person in our life who is a completely different person when they are […]
Addiction Does Not Negotiate: Paths To Recovery
Top of the World Ranch Helps You Navigate Your Path This is a quote from Eric Clapton, and it couldn’t be more true! It’s amazing how many addicts, alcoholics, whatever terminology you wish, attempts to negotiate with addiction, and every single time they lose, outright. Period. It’s impossible to negotiate with something that doesn’t negotiate […]
A Wife’s Journey From Addiction To Recovery Warrior
Overcome Addiction With Top Of The World Ranch I am married to an addict in recovery. A recovery warrior. Here is a little piece, a little glimpse of what marriage looks like while one partner is living in active addiction. I’m on my way home after just finishing my 12-hour shift working at a facility […]
The Fear of Recovery – Part Two
…people die in recovery again and again because the identity was more important to them than the act of recovery was. In our addiction we were always apart from, in recovery we become a part of. That simple metamorphosis goes farther than most things in recovery towards being successful in recovery.” Identity is a big […]
The Formula For Addiction | Top of the World Ranch
Discovering What Addiction Looks Like To Help I am honored to be part of the incredible team of compassionate, knowledgeable and skilled people who work at Top of the World Ranch Treatment Center. In spring of 2019, Intervention Canada aired a program featuring a young woman addicted to drugs who agreed to treatment at Top […]
Top of the World Ranch: Sober/ In Recovery Difference
The Difference Between Being Sober And In Recovery I work at an addiction treatment centre, often referred to as “rehab.” Every day I speak with people who are either considering treatment for themselves, a friend or loved one. I often talk about “recovery” and a question I frequently hear is, “what is the difference between […]