by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Aug 19, 2016 | Addiction, Recovery
Pain management for people in addiction recovery has become a huge topic of concern due to the opioid epidemic in our nation. Physicians are presented with challenges when people with substance abuse issues are experiencing pain. On the one hand, they do not want to...
by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Aug 17, 2016 | Recovery
Twin Lakes Recovery Center What is Celebrate Recovery? “Celebrate Recovery is a biblically balanced approach to help bring sustainable recovery and healing to our hurts. It guides us toward new healthy truths and life-giving habits as we repair our broken...
by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Aug 15, 2016 | Addiction, Recovery
Anyone who has been lost in an addiction knows the feeling of losing interest in life. Addiction takes away a passion for living. Things that you once enjoyed get tossed aside as addiction consumes your thoughts and actions. Once you begin recovery, you find that you...
by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Aug 12, 2016 | Recovery
Human beings are social creatures. The need for touch, affection, and closeness with other human beings is in our very nature. If a newborn does not get enough love and affection, the newborn can suffer from “failure to thrive” syndrome. (This is when a baby or child...
by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Mar 23, 2016 | Recovery
People in recovery usually have no problem accepting that they need to talk to a counselor or therapist and go to meetings. We all realize that talking out our problems and past hurts can help the healing process. Writing has often been a part of therapy; clients may...
by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Mar 18, 2016 | Recovery
From the time we are young, we are taught to look toward the future. By the time a child is ten, they have probably been asked numerous times what they want to be when they grow up. High school is full of decisions and preparation for the future—the SAT’s, college...
