Religion and Recovery

All you need is love

Habili-blog 8/31/18 “All you need is love” by Jared Mayes     Get ready to squirm everybody because I’m going to talk about one of the two things they tell you not to talk about at the dinner table. Religion. Put down the pitchforks people, I would never purposely offend someone or degrade their beliefs. I don’t care if you …

overprescribing opiates

In case you didn’t know

Habili-blog 8/24/18 “In case you didn’t know” by Jared Mayes   Overprescribing opiates As Dr. (INSERT NAME HERE) kisses his wife goodbye, he looks at her 75% synthetic body and gives a nod of approval. He hops in his brand-new Porsche, fires it up, and turns on the radio as he speeds off to work. He has a picturesque life …

addiction success stories

This time is going to be different

Habili-blog 8/17/18 “This time is going to be different” by Jared Mayes Most addiction success stories start the same… The hardships an addict has caused for their families as well as themselves. The ups and downs of the recovery battle. The unfortunate truth is that most of these stories have a perpetual to be continued written at the end because …

parents of an addict

A Line in the Sand

Habili-blog 8/9/18 “A line in the sand” by Jared Mayes   PARENTS OF AN ADDICT   Restless nights, loss of appetite, emotional instability and just a general lack of knowing what to do next. A lot of addicts might be nodding their heads right now because they assumed I was going to write about Heroin withdrawal symptoms. Well, I’m talking …

Miracle Grow

Habili-blog 8/3/18 “Miracle Grow” by Jared Mayes Passion is a thing you can not teach. It’s something engrained into an individual and can often times be untapped. I used to wonder how people had such a clear picture of what they like to do and what they were good at. The only thing I knew I was good at was …