Is Treatment Too Artificial?
No bars, no using friends, no passing the liquor store on the way to work and home, meals being cooked and served to you, cleaning being done (mostly) for you, and your time being dictated for [...]
Values and Addiction
“I know who they are, and at times, I see them.” 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 [...]
Fear of Recovery Part Two
Fear of Recovery – Part Two By Pat Mandryk Identity is a big fear for a lot of us that come into recovery. So big is the fear of loss of identity that so many of us bring our well-crafted [...]
Fear of Recovery, Part One
By Pat Mandryk Many clients arrive here at Top of the World Ranch desperately wanting recovery. Most of them come here thinking that they will leave our facility with recovery in tow. Their [...]
