DAVID B. BOHL

When I first started going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, I did feel a strong sense of belonging. In the meetings, I heard people talk about

I’m just going to straight-out say it: There’s no way the words “alcoholic” or “addict” are ever going to become words that evoke pure compassion

Every day hundreds—thousands?— of persons with a substance use disorder make a decision to quit. How many of them actually do something about it right

Recovery should be your number-one priority. Period. When you’re a person with substance-use disorder, you must spend the rest of your life fighting not to

Unlike any addiction memoir you’ve read before, Parallel Universes: The Story of Rebirth, examines identity and what it means to be an adopted secularist in

There’s a popular belief in the self-help world (and beyond) that in order to be happy we need to FIND OURSELVES. I don’t know how

  What happens when you discover everything you thought you knew was a lie? Read one man’s grueling search for identity ,truth, and reality in

It’s the New Year, and with it comes new resolutions. We love starting afresh, and January is famously the month when gym memberships skyrocket, when

One of the most interesting aspects of recovery is what support groups often referred to as “service” or, simply, step 12 (the non-secular version reads:

There is no doubt that addiction and mental health remain the two hot-and-awkward topics which seem to never stay far away from controversy, and related

So you know somebody who wants to get sober?  Great!  Unfortunately, getting sober is really complex and every individual is different in how they arrive

One of the biggest obstacles in the life of a person with substance use disorder is asking for help.  Ironic, isn’t it?  We are often