Graduating from an addiction treatment program can be a very liberating experience. You can finally apply everything you’ve learned, all that you’ve accomplished, to life and take on the world once again. The ball is now back in your court. While this next chapter is exciting, many recovering individuals are intimidated by the idea of […]
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Breaking the Addiction Cycle [Infographic]
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In a single year, nearly 22 million Americans were classified as dependent on alcohol and/or illicit drugs. And while each person carries his or her own addiction story, all 22 million continue to fight the same battle, fighting against the chronic cycle of addiction. Substance dependence is extremely widespread today, and many afflicted individuals do […]
Lifting the Mask: The Dangers of Prescription Painkillers, Unveiled.
More often than not, we reach into our medicine cabinets for some Ibuprofen to ease a migraine; We take Aleve for arthritis, Vicodin for post-wisdom teeth removal, oxycodone for a severe sports injury. We rely on these painkillers to literally kill the pain, forgetting that, in actuality, these pills do not “cure” anything at all. […]
John K. Commits to Sobriety
John K. graduated the Turnbridge program on Thursday, February 19. In his last few years before coming to New Haven, John’s life was a tangled web of jails, institutions, and near death experiences, but he has since made a decision to embrace recovery and commit himself to a life in sobriety. John began drinking alcohol […]
Sharon M: A Family Reconnects After Addiction
Sharon M. is the mother of Matt M., a resident currently in Phase III, the sober living phase, of Turnbridge’s Preparative Care program. In the two years following Matt’s graduation from college with a degree in Engineering, his mother and family experienced the pain and anxiety that comes with having an active drug addict in […]
Substance Abuse & its Pull on Academics
As spring settles in and the semester comes to an end, you may be noticing a change in your son’s academic performance. He may be staying out later, coming home drunk on the weekends, and saying that there is no studying to be done. He is acting like everything is under control, but for some […]
JJ B. Builds a Sober Future at Turning Point
JJ B. is a resident currently in Phase III of Turnbridge’s Preparative Care program. After failing out of college and almost destroying himself mentally and physically through the use of alcohol and drugs, JJ found the Turnbridge program and has worked feverishly to build a foundation in sobriety and find a purpose in his life. […]
Three Tips for Living Sober
The road to recovery is different for every individual, and completing a drug treatment program is just one of the many steps to getting there. If you or a loved one is currently battling drug addiction, you know that this road is not an easy one to ride out. There are unexpected bumps, turns, and […]
Phase I Goes Snowmobiling
On Thursday, February 19, Turnbridge’s Phase I clients and support staff members loaded up the Suburbans and headed off to go snowmobiling at Mount Snow in Vermont. The concept was suggested by Phase I client Brett L. and planned and set up by Recreation Coordinator Casey Olayos and Phase I Director John Stewart. “It was […]
Andrew G: Fighting to Keep Sobriety
Andrew G. successfully completed the Turnbridge program, and graduated in December 2014. Andrew’s decline into addiction was hard and fast, and at a young age he found himself in a dark and hopeless place. After a couple attempts to get sober at rehab centers on the West coast, Andrew entered Turnbridge in December 2013, and […]