"What We Do With Our Pain Matters" By Clay Hightower, LICSW Sometimes my difficulty with feeling excited about the holidays and connecting with the meaning is not simply…
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“What Does It All Mean?” By Clay Hightower, LICSW As I discussed last week in my post, many holiday symbols and traditions have shared meanings but may…
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“We Are Not a Dressing Family” By Clay Hightower, LICSW This year, I joined my partner’s family for Thanksgiving for the first time, after doing it…
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A plan is ever changing so accountability must be ever changing also. What works for a person the first year will not work in year two. Likewise what worked in…
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Steve and Pam have taken their years of experience both clinically and through the research conducted by The Addiction Research Foundation and have co-authored their first book on recovery…
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Steve Moore, LICSW Is this normal? Am I crazy?I hear some form of these questions almost every day.Over the years, I have answered in various lighthearted ways that were mostly…
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An opportunity to let go of 2020 and community rituals to bring in 2021 An opportunity to let go of the resentments towards self and others and bring in forgiveness.…
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Throughout this entire series on boundaries, I have reaffirmed and will continue to reaffirm that it is my right to set boundaries that ensure my safety, and that others do…
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Clay Hightower, LMSW The 4th Horseman of Relapse – Stonewalling By Clay Hightower, LMSW “If I do not think about it, maybe it will get better.” If you…
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This is my third installment in the Four Horsemen and Relapse series! If you have missed them, go check out my introduction to the series and the first two pieces…
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