January 11, 2012 Lori Obernauer
As Alumni Coordinator at Creative Care in Malibu, Kim Murphy has seen alumni struggle with the idea that because it’s been years since they’ve been to treatment or started recovery or therapy, they shouldn’t have the “negative feelings” that they do. Many professionals can likely relate.
January 4, 2012 Lori Obernauer
I just finished reading “Linking Addiction Treatment and Communities of Recovery: A Primer For Addiction Counselors and Recovery Coaches” (by William White, MA and Ernest Kurtz, PhD).
December 28, 2011 Lori Obernauer
This blog post is from Tania Lewis, Alumni Coordinator at Crossroads Centre, Antigua. Many thanks to Tania, a colleague who is a member of TPAS, Treatment Professionals in Alumni Services.
November 23, 2011
Before I started working at CeDAR, I was a business owner (a wholesale gourmet food business) and wrote a blog for that business. Although I no
November 3, 2011 Lorie Obernauer
While browsing the web site of Faces and Voices of Recovery, I came across a listing of Mutual Aid Resources. As many of us in Alumni Services know, the 12 step community is not necessarily the “answer” for all our clients.
October 23, 2011 Lorie Obernauer
Over the past two decades, much of the research in the field of addiction and subsequent funding opportunities focused on prevention programs.
September 4, 2011 Lorie Obernauer
We learn from our 12 steps programs that it is important to give back. We learn that being of service will help us stay clean and sober.
August 6, 2011 Lorie Obernauer
Invictus, the film, tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country.
July 17, 2011 Lorie Obernauer
I have noticed that many discussions in the Linked In “Addiction Groups” address the possibilities for recovery management.
June 26, 2011 Lorie Obernauer
I read an interesting book this past weekend: “Change or Die” by Alan Deutschman.
