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Basic Recovery and Coping Skills Building at Alpha 180 IOP
The road to recovery is long and hard, which is why we believe that learning recovery skills/coping skills will help our patients to create a new life. With IOP Austin at Alpha...
New Executive Function Workshop for Students
Alpha 180 supports our clients in developing and implementing healthy routines that are tailored to each resident’s unique recovery journey and stage of life. For most students,...
Art Therapy at Alpha 180
My name is Amanda Allard, and I am a Master of Art Therapy student intern, completing coursework at Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana. I joined Elizabeth Bickel Rolfe,...
What is Step 3?
After we have acknowledged that we are not the ultimate power in the universe and, thankfully, there is a higher power that can help us, we may ask, “How do I now rely on this...
What is Step 2?
In the Big Book Step 2 states that, “We came to be aware that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” There is essentially one chapter that is completed...
Reflections on a Decade in the Field
“I just want to help people.” For many, this phrase begins a career as a mental health professional, and I was no different. An amalgam of optimism and newfound self-belief,...
What is Step One?
When discussing the 12-Step program it is important to start at the beginning, which of course means we must start with Step one. So, what is step one? Step one as it appears in...
Addiction is a Family Disease
A common misconception about addiction is if the addict would just stop using, everything would be ok. Lived professional and personal experiences tell us this is not the case....
The Promises of Recovery: A Student’s Perspective
The Ninth Step Promises in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous proclaim that if I am steadfast in the work of recovery, I will harvest emotional fruits such as a “feeling of...