Addiction Treatment

“A tree with strong roots can withstand the most violent storm, but the tree cannot grow roots just as the storm appears on the horizon.” – Dalai Lama XIV   Here at The Willow Center, [...]

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. According to Mental Health America, approximately 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 3 adolescents are experiencing a mental health struggle of some kind. [...]

  The flowers are blooming, the bees have awoken and gotten to work – Spring (and pollen!) is in the air. The optimism of the warmer weather, the sunshine, and all the green thumbs in-line [...]

During the Winter season, many of us have a tendency to develop some bad habits. We’re more likely to turn a blind eye on projects that need finished. We’re more likely to gravitate toward heavier [...]

The dust has settled on the goals we made for the new year. Some of them we’ve made great progress on, while others have already been forgotten.  There’s a fresh layer of snow on the [...]

If I had a dollar for every post I saw on social media the past two weeks that included some iteration of the phrase “New Year, New Me”, I would be a very rich man. [...]

The holiday season is one of joy, fond nostalgia, great food, and fun family gatherings. For many of us, it can also be a season of difficult emotions, sad memories, and abundant negative triggers for [...]

The Oxford Dictionary defines optimism as “hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.” This is a great definition for a too-often shooed-aside worldview. The more popular worldviews of our current [...]

Autumn is my absolute favorite season. Many folks lament the shorter daylight hours and colder temperatures, but I’m one of those who adores both. The gorgeous foliage, the pumpkin-and-apple-everything, the spooky decorations, the bonfires with [...]

Recovery from addiction is one of the most profound and courageous journeys a person can take. It demands honesty, resilience, and a willingness to start again, often in the face of overwhelming challenges. Too often, [...]

As the morning commute gets busier with yellow busses and walking parades of kiddos on their way to school, I can’t help but feel optimistic. I still remember the excitement and butterflies in my belly [...]

For many individuals in long-term recovery, the threat of unexpected cravings that could lead to recurrent substance use looms in the back of the mind. Our minds are a hotbed of both positive and negative [...]

Men don’t always talk about what’s going on inside—and often, we don’t even realize we’re struggling until something breaks. Mental health symptoms don’t always show up as feelings of sadness, worry, or loneliness for all [...]