Online Recovery Doesn’t Just Work; It’s Preferred
In the spring, as the coronavirus spread through the country and states called for citizens to stay at home, people with substance use disorders (SUDs) and seeking, living in, and supporting recovery were concerned. The combination of not being able to attend traditional meetings and…
Interview With A Counselor: What To Expect from IOP
Are you wondering what intensive outpatient treatment is like? In this blog post, we interview Dr. Laura Krum, Lionrock Recovery’s clinical director. Q. How do you put together a treatment plan? A. The first thing that happens is the client gets an assessment with the…
How To Talk With Your Employer About SUD
If you are struggling with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and wondering how to talk you’re your employer about it, read on. First, know that you are not alone. Somewhere between 5 and 17 percent of your employees suffer from substance abuse disorders (SUDs). Second, know…
From the Podcast: Jodie Sweetin – Her Public Road to Recovery, Motherhood, and Growing from Full House to a Full Life
Playing the classic middle child and melting our hearts with her classic catchphrases like, “Hot dog” and “Well, pin a rose on your nose,” Jodie Sweetin shares her battle with addiction on episode 57 of The Courage to Change: A Recovery Podcast. On this very…
From the Podcast: Renée Siegel – Married to a Gay Man and Then a Gambling Addict, She Found a Way Out Through the Enneagram
In Episode 42 of The Courage to Change: A Recovery Podcast, Ashley sits down with Renée Siegel, a drug and alcohol counselor originally educated as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Renée is both the daughter and ex-wife to someone affected by addiction. She understands firsthand…
How Employers Can Add Critical Benefits and Lower Costs
Several months ago we wrote about the importance of having a telehealth or virtual care component to your health benefits package. We’ve been proponents of telehealth since we founded Lionrock as a telehealth provider of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery services 10 years…
What You Should Know About Women and SUD
Women, generally speaking, face and deal with substance use differently than men do. The National Institute on Drug Abuse points out: “Women use drugs in smaller amounts than men, but they can experience the effects more strongly. Substance use in women tends to develop into…
From the Podcast – Bonus Episode: Help for First Responders with Mark Lamplugh
Mark Lamplugh is a 4th generation firefighter and former captain with the Lower Chichester, Pennsylvania Fire Company. He is an advocate for the behavioral and mental health of firefighters and first responders. Today, Mark is 9 years sober and very active in the first responder…
From the Podcast: Amy Peterson: Used and Abused as a Child and Recovering as an Adult
Amy Peterson is Ashley Loeb Blassingame’s guest on Episode 11 of The Courage To Change: A Recovery Podcast. Sexually abused and trafficked from a young age, Amy has utilized ongoing therapy to start healing from this long-term abuse, along with the substance abuse she used…
From the Podcast: Dan Sanfellipo: The Harrowing Story of Trauma, Addiction and the Consequences of Over half His Life in Prison
Dan Sanfellipo started his incarceration journey when he was 13 years old. Dan is now 46 years old and has served just less than half of it — 22 ½ years — in prison. His story of struggling through addiction, trauma, prison, and eventually finding…