What's New Category: A Better Life

If this is your first summer sober – congratulations. You made it. You worked hard to get where you are. Any period of recovery and/or sobriety is an accomplishment....

By Joi Honer By the time I turned 17, I was in recovery. It was 1981. Like most people in the early stages of drug recovery, I hadn’t a...

The death toll from the opioids epidemic continues to soar —nearly 64,000 people died in 2016 alone. Scientists are working to find creative tools to fight it, and President Donald...

Too often, overdose patients end up being discharged from an emergency room with no support for recovery, experts at an opioid conference said. A “warm handoff” initiative that is...

Pinnacle-Covedale Treatment Services recently opened in a Westwood shopping center to provide treatment for patients battling drug addictions. Heroin and opiate abuse have reached epidemic levels in Greater Cincinnati, and...

In 2016, approximately 4,149 Ohioans died of unintentional drug overdoses according to numbers gathered by The Columbus Dispatch from county coroners. In 2016, according to the Ohio Department of...

At first, being in recovery is all-consuming. A meeting a night, talking with a sponsor, having coffee after a meeting, outpatient counseling, all on top of work and family...

The holidays are a time to eat, drink, and be merry. But what if you’re a recovering addict? The season for cocktails, parties, and good times can be a...

It’s almost 2018. For those of us who have a hard time making (let alone sticking to) resolutions, vague promises to “drink more water” aren’t exactly appealing. So, this year, why...