by admin | Sep 3, 2021 | Therapy
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 higher power to restore me to sanity?” This question is answered by Step 3: “We made a...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Alumni Story
As the mother of a young man who spent years of his life living, and dying, with a crippling opioid addiction, and watching him attempt and then fail at one treatment program after another, I must take this moment to say that the Alpha 180 program not only gave my son...
by admin | Jun 14, 2021 | Therapy
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 dedicated to this step, and that is “We Agnostics” (BB pgs 44-57). In this chapter, the...
by admin | May 24, 2021 | Therapy
“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, armed with little more than a few years of personal recovery experience, I found myself in a...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Therapy
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 The Big Book, which is the basic text that lays the foundation of the 12-Step program,...
