Posts by Dana Pollack, LCSW, LADC
What Are Some Mantras to Inspire Me This Upcoming Year?
Around this time of the year, you may find yourself wanting to add some enriching, meaningful activities to your daily life so that you can take your recovery to an entirely new level. This upcoming year holds so much hope – for many, it’s like a clean slate. As you reflect on 2018, we hope…
Read MoreTips for Celebrating Holidays Sober
Holidays in the US is always quite the production with high expectations and a need to have the picture perfect holiday experience. Drinking figures heavily in most Holidays celebrations, which can make it a trying time for someone in recovery. If you want to celebrate Holidays this year, here are some ways to do it…
Read More5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Get a Healthier Mind and Body
Our modern lives are often busy, stressful and full of distraction. We often forget to stop and take a breath. Work, friends, and even recreational activities demand our time and energy. It’s important to remember where our priorities are, and what life is really about. Stop and ask yourself if you’re content. Life is stressful…
Read MoreAddiction Treatment Center in Kent, CT Successfully Bucks Treatment Trend
In a treatment world long-dominated by medication assisted treatment, High Watch Recovery Center in Kent, CT has bucked that trend and focuses its treatment on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. There is finally a broad consensus that the opioid crisis has reached epidemic proportions. Lawmakers are responding with myriad proposals to stem the tsunami of tragedy…
Read MoreAddiction Treatment Center in Kent, CT Successfully Bucks Treatment Trend
In a treatment world long-dominated by medication assisted treatment, High Watch Recovery Center in Kent, CT has bucked that trend and focuses its treatment on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. There is finally a broad consensus that the opioid crisis has reached epidemic proportions. Lawmakers are responding with myriad proposals to stem the tsunami…
Read MoreHow to Help a Loved One with Addiction
Addiction can be a long journey full of heart-break, frustration and learning. There’s a lot of advice out there for how to deal with a family member or loved one that is in the depths of addiction. Although there is a lot of good advice and people do mean well, there is also quite a…
Read MoreHigh Watch Annual Picnic 2018
Date: Sunday, September 9 Time: 11AM – 4PM Price: $20/person, children under 12 free Where: High Watch Recovery Center 62 Carter Rd, Kent, CT 06757 The annual picnic is a “don’t miss” event scheduled for Sunday, September 9th, 2018. Please join us for a fun day of inspirational speakers, raffles and delicious homemade picnic foods…
Read MoreYou Can’t Treat Chemical Dependence With Chemical Dependence
There is finally a broad consensus that the opioid crisis has reached epidemic proportions. Lawmakers in Hartford and in Washington are responding with myriad proposals to stem the tsunami of tragedy and rising costs that is inundating communities of every socio-economic stripe across the country. While this surge in awareness and commitment to roll back…
Read More10 Signs of a Possible Drinking Problem
It’s hard to be objective when assessing whether or not you or a loved one has a drinking problem. Emotions run high, and it’s hard to understand where the line is between what is acceptable and when it’s gone too far. Although boundaries may be fuzzy, there are classic signs of alcohol dependence that materialize…
Read MoreRich History of High Watch Recovery
Hill of Hope: High Watch Recovery Center
Hope
“Hope” The Hill of Hope It was there that I found Hope in getting and staying Sober. I began to listen, to pray, to trust and to willfully make connections with other humans. I began to become able to be quiet and listen to the sound of the wind. To confide in the universe, the…
Read MoreMy Heart Billows and Bows
Transcription: My heart billows and bows as my deranged mind drifts into different directions. Find the place to be free, it screams, but I can find no serenity within me. F— intellect, f— these clustered syllables; all I want is tranquility. The echos loom of a past, although the ether is still, my mind is…
Read MoreBefore
When did you arrive? It seems your lies of omission have you wishing you had said more. Where did you come from? It seems you were done with what you were doing Fooling no one. What were you doing before? At your core you are divine; in time you’ll find your old life meaningless. who…
Read MoreThis Chapel of Hope
This Chapel of Hope Rustic, Serene, and Humble Crossing its threshold gives one peace of soul. With white candles aflame, the words of strength are spoken here and sweet chords of music fall upon one’s ear. Historic are its hallowed walls and for the souls of the recovered; This is their dwelling place. For when…
Read MoreBipolar
Transcription: There has been a lull in my mood lately. The quiet destruction of mania is easily mistaken for depression; it’s making me take my time with life, something I hardly ever do. I am being slowed down by a salt. I would be remiss if I did not mention the catalyst of this mood…
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