When a patient enters a facility for drug treatment, one might hazard a guess that his or her main problem is a substance use disorder. At New Hampshire drug rehab, we know that is not always the case. In fact, according to Process R.N., Nicole White, patients often admit to treatment misdiagnosed with the wrong…
Life really is all about the things we take for granted. We’re halfway through 2020, and I’m only just realizing that this is the greatest lesson of the year (and there have been many). How did I reach this conclusion? A salad. That’s right – a salad. I walked into my coworkers’ office and discovered…
I was listening to a podcast and the host, Nadia Bolz Weber, said, “I’m tempted to write an anti-self-help book called, ‘You Are Not Enough’. It’s okay…there is enough. But, oh my gosh, it doesn’t have to all be you. It doesn’t have to come from you – just to sort of let everyone relax”.…
A little known fact about me is that I actually have two roles at the Process Recovery Center, a New Hampshire drug rehab; one is creative and one is clinical. When I’m not writing or otherwise creating, I facilitate our women’s gender-specific programming. One of the things I’ve learned during my time as a women’s…
Gaslighting is a term that has been trending since 2018. According to Dictionary.com, gaslighting is a verb, meaning to “manipulate (someone) by psychological means into questioning their own sanity”. While “gaslighting” is an easy word to throw around, it has grave implications. Gaslighting is an “extremely effective form of emotional abuse that causes a victim…
Reader Submissions When I asked you to tell me about the good happening in your communities, I expected the focus of your submissions to be on grand gestures. I was pleasantly surprised to find that what many of you wanted to share revolved around the little things that make up day-to-day life. The importance of…
If you know anything about the Process Recovery Center, you know that The Office has always been a favorite among our staff members. Office star, John Krasinski, recently created a YouTube series called, “Some Good News”. As the web content manager for the Process Recovery Center, I was inspired by John’s efforts to create our…
It occurred to me the other day – as I, like so many others, worked from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic – how ironic it is that we dedicated two blogs to the subject of soul sickness. Our explanation of soul sickness is derived from two perspectives: 1.) the mania of becoming disconnected from…
