The Surprising Connection Between Spirituality and Recovery During your 12-Step recovery process, you will be asked to forge a relationship with a God of your own understanding – a Higher Power. This is a very personal experience and you are given unlimited freedom to develop your own concept of God or a Higher Power. Developing…
Having healthy boundaries is essential to being a healthy person who enjoys healthy relationships. If you struggle with the concept of boundaries, you are not alone. When most people enter recovery, they tend to lack a solid understanding of what boundaries are and why they are valuable. Quite often, people who become addicted to drugs…
Matt’s Race for Recovery 5k was started almost 3 years ago by Holly Gifford, the wife of former patient Matt Gifford, who lost his battle to the disease of addiction in August of 2015. Matt was a loving and supportive husband and father of two. He loved his family and loved to help anyone and…
Heroin addiction is an epidemic throughout the United States, but it has hit Maryland particularly hard. Substance abuse rehabilitation in Maryland brings healing to people in the coastal mid-Atlantic region who want to work toward recovery with medical, clinical, psychological, and holistic care. Drug Overdose Statistics In Maryland The Maryland Department of Health reports substance…
Many people don’t realize it, but alcohol and depression are very closely linked. It’s important to understand these situations so you can get the help you need. Part of getting help and overcoming alcoholism as well as depression is understanding what’s happening to your brain. Understanding Depression Depression is one of the primary mental health…
You can find drug abuse statistics in all kinds of reports, magazine articles, and studies. All too often, however, those numbers don’t seem or feel real. It’s critical to see drug abuse statistics for what they are: insight into the drug epidemic in America. How Many People Are Really Abusing Drugs? Drug abuse isn’t something…
In recent months, you may have heard about some of the programming and other changes that are transforming the Ashley organization. Among those is the project involving the evolution of the Ashley “brand” which we are proud to share with you today. Please allow me to introduce… Ashley Addiction Treatment. Father Martin and Mae Abraham…
Latest News Return to News Listing Monday, January 26, 2015 Nominations now open for the 2015 Father Joseph C. Martin Award. Father Martin’s Ashley Announces Call for Nominations for Prestigious Award Father Martin’s Ashley, the non-profit alcoholism, drug addiction and chronic pain treatment center, announced that nominations for the 2015 Father Joseph C. Martin…