At first glance, addiction may seem like a many-headed beast, thrown together by some malevolent god with no rhyme or reason. In reality, it follows a linear path with five distinct stages, regardless of the substances used. As a brain...
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Author Archives: Bailey
On Labor Day Weekend, Canda Corcoran is coming home. Not just to East Tennessee, where she built a life, but to the place that gave her that life: Cornerstone of Recovery, where she’ll be one of the featured speakers for...
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I imprinted on this song before I truly understood what it was saying about me. A friend turned me onto Red House Painters during the spring of 2000 while living in Myrtle Beach, right before my addiction took a hard...
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Back in February, Jessica Booth wrote a piece for the MSN Lifestyle page that was eye-opening, to say the least. “I stopped drinking completely for two years — and it showed me how the world treats sober people differently” is...
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I almost didn’t recognize her when I saw her at a meeting the other day. I still can’t remember her name – it feels, sometimes, as if I’ve vanquished more brain cells than I have left! – but I remember...
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In the Land of the Sky, it may seem like beer flows from the taps of every home and restaurant, and that it’s impossible to live a sober lifestyle because of such abundance. Needless to say, the prevalence of alcohol...
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So you’re giving serious consideration to treatment, and you’re wondering — will you need detox from alcohol? Good question, and one that we’ll figure out in the first phase of your Cornerstone of Recovery journey. This process is known...
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If you’re battling the bottle, know this: You’re not alone. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, roughly 17.6 million Americans suffer from what’s labeled as Alcohol Use Disorder. That’s a fancy way of describing the obsession...
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