MARR Addiction Treatment Centers continue to provide comprehensive care for more than 45 years. We began as a long-term (minimum 3 months) structured treatment program with one vision - serve…
Are you losing hope after the last treatment attempt didn’t stick? For those who have been in treatment, perhaps several times, and it hasn’t stuck or worked, or for the…
Loving someone with an addiction can be more than just difficult – it may even seem impossible. The weight of worry, responsibility, and not understanding addiction can cause many to…
Celebrating recovery is one of our favorite activities here at MARR. Luckily, September is National Recovery Month and is another reason to honor everyone who has experienced the freedom that…
It's important to note that "functional alcoholic" is not a clinical term. Instead, it is a colloquial term to describe a person with potentially problematic levels of alcohol use but…
Spirituality in Recovery Sometimes people looking for treatment have difficulty with spiritual terms often used in 12 Step Recovery. These terms might seem strange, mystical, or outdated. Perhaps they seem in conflict…
From College Dropout To NASA Engineer Brian's alcoholism in college led him to drop out. However, when he got into recovery, he went on to help build the software for…
Nick was a professional pilot, and he knew he had an alcohol problem. Despite his genuine love for flying and knowing that his career was in jeopardy, he could not…
Spring reminds us every year how life works. For something new to emerge, the old has to die away. Even if we don't consciously take note of this happening, we…
Professional success doesn’t make somebody exempt from having substance abuse problems. From our 45 years of working with professionals with addictions, we find that this statement might not be as…
Kaitlin Byrne is the Lead Family Counselor at our Men’s Recovery Center. Her job is to work specifically with the family members of our clients to help them recognize how…
Around Valentine's Day, we often think about the people in our lives that we love and how we can express that love to them. We wanted to take a moment…