Waverly C | The Verve Residential Advisor When Jude asked me if I’d like to be the Residential Advisor at the Holmby House, I felt honored. “This is going to be pretty cool,” I thought. I’m moving in the right direction. I’ve risen in the client ranks, being promoted from a regular client to a […]
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The causes of addiction make it a hard thing to beat, but the first step to beating it is understand that it is a disease. From there, it’s all about figuring out why you’re dealing with the problem, and how to best tackle it in your situation. Every individual case is different in that regard. […]
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How addiction works has been an enigma for centuries, one we’ve always been familiar with but one we never really figured out. To this day, scientists and experts argue on the truths and fallacies surrounding addiction, and the language continues to be confusing to some laymen. Is it a chronic brain condition? Is it a […]
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Written by Reed J. | Transcend Mar Vista Client ” Recovery is not just being sober, rather it is building a better life for yourself—a life worth living. I desire this kind of life so strongly that I will do whatever it takes to get there. For me to achieve this I must continue to create. Just […]
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Addiction can be a very domineering partner, preventing you from living a sober life. And indeed, when you’re struggling with addiction, you don’t really have time for anyone else to take that place. But partnerships are meant to be mutually beneficial, which makes most cases of addiction more akin to an abuse relationship. The alternative […]
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A community approach towards addiction treatment is successful because it pits together many individual and unique experiences and journeys, teaching valuable and important lessons to those on the path towards recovery, such as the fact that they are never alone, and that there are many challenges they have not had to face, that others have […]
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You first came to Transcend as a resident, how did you become an employee? In 2009, my old roommate decided he was going to get sober and move into some sober living home owned by a man named Asher Gottesman. Following his initiative, I thought I too would give sobriety a try, and moved into this […]
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There are many ways to deal with addiction. Some people prefer to rely on the support of their family, while going through the process alone – without groups, communities and meetings. But there are benefits to living among others in a recovery community while working to stay sober – benefits that other recovery programs don’t […]
Read MoreBeing sober is the gateway that frees you to live a better life without drugs or alcohol. When you become sober, you are no longer stuck in the harmful cycle of addiction. The past is in the past, and now you can embrace the present with each new day. Sobriety is not about increasing your […]
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PAWS is not typically an acronym for a recovery-related animal petting project – rather, it stands for the all-too-real and common post-acute withdrawal syndrome/symptoms, aftershocks of recovery that are felt within your body after the acute stage of dealing with withdrawal is over. Post-acute withdrawal is best described as the reason why early recovery is […]
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