Beth Akers never suffered from a drug or alcohol problem, and she was never a patient at Cornerstone of Recovery, but she found herself here just the same. As she wraps up her final week of employment as the executive...

America’s veterans answered their country’s call for service, and their sacrifice demands service in return. Congressman Tim Burchett, who represents Tennessee’s Second District in the U.S. House of Representatives, knows that all too well. He recounted the experiences of his...

It’s often a brutal moment of reckoning toward the end of a particularly severe drinking problem, that glance into the mirror … the shock of what stares back … and the unspoken query that blares like the incoming missile klaxon...

It seems like a lifetime ago that Jennifer Dacus, Director of Human Resources at Cornerstone of Recovery, started spending her Friday afternoons shredding paper. Back then, her last name was Amburgey. Cornerstone had only occupied a new 46-bed facility on...

No matter how much pain addiction and alcoholism bring to those who suffer, one of the biggest impediments to going to treatment comes down to a single question: “Is being sober boring?” It’s understandable, because even after a drinking problem...