This past Saturday was Welcome Home Addiction Recovery Academy’s first Bra Drive. The goal of this event was to collect new and barely used bras to help clothe the women in our program. It was a great success and a lot of fun! We collected over 30
Read more →The founder of Welcome Home Addiction Recovery Academy, Lift The Children and The John Volken Foundation was featured in this month’s issue of Canadian Immigrant Magazine. Here is a snippet of what was covered: Over the next two decades, Volken worked a series of jobs — at
Read more →Therapeutic communities are highly structured residential communities that have proven to be a powerful treatment approach for addiction recovery. This is in large part because they go further than simply helping addicts to overcome their addiction to drugs and alcohol; in therapeutic communities the addicts also learn
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Defining addiction comes with controversy. Depending on who you ask and what their stake in the answer is, definitions are presented passionately, and often defended with single-minded dedication. Some say addiction is a disease or a mental health issue, while others fight tooth and nail against those ideas. Some will argue for or against the validity of “behavioral” addictions — addictions that don’t require a mind-altering substance — while still others go so far as to say that all addictions are behavioral in nature. Different definitions tend to emphasize issues like physiological and psychological dependence, morality, behavioral issues, habits, and compulsions; but they are ultimately defined by how the different persons or groups interpret them.
Throughout history, interpretations on what addiction really is or is not have led to serious challenges for addicts and their loved ones, as well as for doctors, insurance companies, judges and, of course, for religious and political bodies — not to mention the perceptions of the general public. No matter the interpretation, however, there are two main points that all addictions and their definitions share:
Read more →Welcome to the Welcome Home Addiction Recovery blog and community! We are excited to share our vision with you, and talk about the “ins and outs” of addiction and lasting addiction recovery.
Addiction rehabilitation methods are often hotly debated and even more often misrepresented. Experts agree that therapeutic communities are the most effective path to life-long addiction recovery. Over the next few months, we will help you understand why they work, as well as share news about what’s new at Welcome Home.
We invite you to chat with us here on the blog and on our upcoming social channels. Please share your thoughts and opinions and ask any questions – be part of the Welcome Home addiction recovery community!
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