When She Got Better, He Got Better

This week, one of our clients stood up in front of a room and told her story from the beginning. Three years ago, she was raging. She would find beer her husband hid and pour it over his head. She followed him, checked drawers, set the tone for the entire house, and...

What Happens When You Work on You

You came here because of your loved one. That’s honest. That’s real. Most of you did. I get it. Because much of what the compartmentalized industry is teaching you to do is ‘try to get them to…’, ‘send them to this place’, or ‘stop doing this’.  And we...

She Tucked Her Keys Under the Mattress Every Night

When Lindsay found me, her husband had been to five rehabs. She was the sole breadwinner. She’d leave for work every morning not knowing what she’d come home to. How drunk would he be? How bad would the house mess be? Would he even be alive? She tucked her...

Intervention is not a moment, it’s a process.

If you’ve ever wondered whether an intervention could help your family, you probably imagine something dramatic and hard: Everyone in a room.  A confrontation.  Someone storming out. That’s what TV taught us to expect. But real intervention, the kind we...

When I first called Kate

“When I first called Kate, I referred to my brother as a lying manipulative jerk!  I now can comfortably say that my love for him is unconditional yet my support of him is conditional. I will not support his addiction in any way. I feel so free and he is in...

It’s so hard to shake

“It’s so hard to shake these enabling habits that had become my way of being without a community and Kate to guide me. I love this community and honestly can’t imagine my life without everyone here.” – A...