Communications Director, Kathryn Hecht, explores the elegant synchronicity of science and recovery.

Small changes that you can successfully incorporate into your life may do more for your happiness than “going for the gold”, according to research studies. So rather than overwhelming yourself this year with a list of resolutions that you may have trouble implementing, consider the benefits of making one or two simple resolutions that you can actually maintain.

Executive Director, Donna Wick, introduces an article on attachment by Jon G. Allen, PhD that she feels may hold an important key to solid and long-lasting recovery.

When clients enter treatment—deciding that the negative (although familiar) consequences of their drinking and other drug use outweigh the benefits—they take a leap of faith. In so doing, they express a willingness to believe that things will be better if they can find a new way to live. That’s a big “if.” In truth, we all are quite attached to the way of living we know. The idea of abandoning what is familiar and comforting to become some new version of ourselves is understandably daunting. Yet, in recovery, such change is necessary. The most fundamental change required lies in the realm of relationships.