DAVID B. BOHL

“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail

All of us want and need to feel safe and secure. For many of us, fear of abandonment comes from a real trauma – for

You know what? Sometimes I’m just not. Feeling. It. Sometimes, I get tired and bored with talking about trauma and recovery, and I feel very

When you start your recovery from addiction you often hear about different stages that you’re to expect from it. For those of us who attend

Many of us, in recovery and outside of it, have family members and friends who also suffer from substance use disorder. It’s never easy to

I’ve talked about the beginnings of recovery a few times, but it’s a subject that demands a lot of attention as that first year is

I believe that addiction is the most complicated and complex disorder out there. Now, I’m not a doctor, but I’m an addictions specialist and a

One very important aspect of recovery can be meditation. It is not a necessary component—we have to always keep in mind that recovery is not

One of the hardest loves is the love for yourself. Why? Because it’s a deceptive concept. First of all, it seems so attainable—after all, you

This post was also featured at Wisconsin Voices for Recovery. It’s funny how many people still consider addiction (substance use disorder) a thing that it

Our lives often begin in the realm of fantasy. Because what is childhood if not one big world of where the impossible seems absolutely possible

One of the most rewarding, but also the hardest aspects of recovery, is being able to right some of the wrongs done in the past.

One of the buzzwords of the last few years has been “self-care”—it moved from the offices of therapists to the outside world (self-help world, new-age

In my quest for self-discovery, as well as in my work as a professional, I’ve been astonished to find out how complex the issue of