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Journey To Recovery

"If you are seeking information about the best ways of coping with mental health or addiction issues it is my hope that the information here may be of benefit to you on your journey to full recovery and happiness!"

Hal Baumchen, PsyD, LP, LADC

Dr. Hal Baumchen discusses current co-occurring disorders treatment topics and offers positive encouragement along with practical advice for those dealing with combined mental illness and addiction. Family, Friends and Treatment Professionals will also benefit from his friendly, down-to-earth and positive approach to these very complex conditions.

The Three Primary Requirements for Successful Recovery

The Three Primary Requirements for Successful Recovery

Recovery, therefore, cannot be haphazardly pondered or passively pursued. It must be seized with fierce and complete commitment.

Ever Grateful

Ever Grateful

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States and other countries, a day set aside to give thanks for the blessing of the harv

Trading Your Addiction

Trading Your Addiction

It seems as though whenever you defeat one addiction, another vice, addiction, or bad habit is just around the corner. In recovery, cross ad

Facing 5 Common Challenges That Affect Treatment Success

Facing 5 Common Challenges That Affect Treatment Success

There have been a lot of monumental challenges in the treatment of co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. A client of mine

Finding Life-Changing Recovery That Works

Finding Life-Changing Recovery That Works

Journey to recovery is a resource site for treatment centers, clinicians, and for those in need of help and healing. Our goal is to supply e

Good Treatment Requires Good Resources

Good Treatment Requires Good Resources

The Journeys curriculum is cognitive behavioral (CBT) in theory, which requires the client to recognize past cognitive or thinking errors an

REWRITING YOUR SCRIPT

REWRITING YOUR SCRIPT

Understanding the concept of identity is important because most people do not live very differently than how they see themselves. If you see

Living Responsibly in the Moment

Living Responsibly in the Moment

Today, October 10, 2017 is World Mental Health Day. People in our country and around the world are acknowledging the stark reality that almo

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