by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Aug 15, 2016 | Recovery, Addiction
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...
by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Mar 16, 2016 | Recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith. They developed a twelve-step program of spiritual and character development. AA is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may...
by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Mar 14, 2016 | Addiction, Recovery
My mother was raised in a convent. My father painted churches, and not just the walls. For over sixty years, he was the artist that painted the beautiful paintings of the Blessed Mother, Christ, and various saints on the walls, ceilings, and behind the altars of...
