While the terms “recovery coach” and “sober companion” are often used interchangeably, they are actually different services. Definitions A sober companion is someone who lives in at a person’s home or ...

Mentoring can be a significant part of an addiction recovery program. Source: Mabel Amber/Pixabay A recovery coach is an individual who provides mentoring and support services to someone early in ...

Service Animals. Exercise. Art. Nature. Tattoos. Sober motorcycle clubs. Even recovery raves. Those were just some of the ...

If you are battling addiction, there’s a place where you can receive an inspirational message, check in with others who are struggling and get access to professional coaching. All you have to do is ...

Families of loved ones treated in our emergency department for overdoses or other substance use problems once begged us to get these patients into treatment programs. All they wanted was to help them ...

Once a cheater, not always a cheater? Rece Davies, 43, of California, is an affair recovery coach who believes affairs are “an addiction.” She also says that people are unfaithful as a “form of ...

As a child, Eric Henderson was desperate to be accepted by the guys on his corner. His first arrest was for brawling at a shopping mall at 11. When his fellow gang members on Fayston Street in Roxbury ...

PITTSFIELD — Walking into Caitlin McKinnon’s office at the Brien Center, a visitor is struck by a pink hibiscus bloom reaching toward the sun, candy on a table and a canister of a gooey substance ...