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This Is Why We Work | June 2019
June 2019 Sober Living Alumni Summer is finally here! That means it’s time for the June Edition of the Surfside Alumni Spotlight. This month, we will meet Jordon S. and follow his journey from addiction to recovery as a sober living alumni. Enjoy! Jordon grew up on... read more
Having Fun in Recovery: It’s Not Just Bowling Anymore
Struggling to Have Fun in Recovery? Getting sober young is not easy. Many young people phase out of early recovery because they simply cannot accept a new way of life. A critical obstacle in getting sober young is the delusion that one cannot have any fun without... read more
NJ Offering Free Narcan in June
Free Narcan on June 18th In response to the ongoing opioid epidemic, the New Jersey Department of Human Services announced that NJ residents will be able to obtain free Narcan at participating pharmacies. On June 18th, individuals can receive one dose on a... read more
Medical Malpractice: Cracking Down on Fake Prescription Medication
Prescription Medication: We Are Taught Early to Trust Remember when you were 10 years old? You wake up Wednesday morning and you’re body is achy, you’re running a fever, and you just can’t get out of bed. What did your parents do? They took you to the doctor. You... read more
Young and Sober With a Fear of Missing Out? Try a Sober Bar
The New Sober Bar Scene Getting sober and clean is not easy. Young people are constantly reminded via social media that people their age should be out partying every weekend. Often times, young people early in recovery begin drinking again because they simply do not... read more
This is Why We Work | May 2019
Kyle P. and His Recovery from Addiction In this month’s issue of the Alumni Spotlight, we will learn more about Kyle P. and his journey to recovery. Surfside played a monumental role in changing his life. Check out his story below! Kyle began as an avid marijuana... read more
Weapon of Mass Destruction: Fentanyl Seized in Florida
More News Regarding Fentanyl As we continue to cover the opioid epidemic, law enforcement officials and the general public achieved a huge victory last week in Florida. In Brevard County, police issued arrest warrants for over 100 individuals and successfully... read more
A New Perspective on Heroin Addiction
What Causes Heroin Addiction? It’s obvious right? It must be heroin! Our entire narrative for heroin addiction is based on the fact that it is addictive. What does that mean? Let’s break it down at its most basic level. There are chemicals in heroin that hook to... read more
This is why we work | April 2019
Why we do the things we do… In this month’s edition of the Alumni Spotlight, we take a look at the story of Ryan N. and his path to recovery! Ryan began drinking at the age of 16 with a couple of buddies. To him, it was nothing out of the ordinary- just a bunch... read more
Suboxone Addiction Treatment: More Lies from the Government
The Truth about Suboxone Addiction Treatment Suboxone addiction treatment is currently being pushed as hard as Purdue Pharma pushed Oxy a few years ago (remember how they told us it was slow-release and non-addictive?) and about as hard as heroin is being pushed by... read more
This is why we work | March 2019
Sober living Works – The story of Noah. Addiction continues to devastate our towns and divides our families. Our belief is that sober living works if coupled with the appropriate staff and provides a supportive environment where recovery can begin. So many of... read more
The Powerlessness of Addiction: Million Dollar Contracts Can’t Keep You Sober
Powerlessness of Addiction: It Will Never Discriminate. Found in The Doctor’s Opinion of the AA Big Book, it is highlighted that “frothy emotional appeal seldom suffices” when it comes to staying sober. What exactly does that mean? In simple terms, no person or... read more
Addiction Endangers the Lives of Everyone: No One is Safe
Addiction Endangers the Lives of Everyone- Even Innocent Children The opioid addiction epidemic has completely engulfed the United States. Seemingly every week U.S. officials are seizing large amount of narcotics crossing the border. Addicts from all walks of life... read more
Kevin and his Recovery from Alcohol
In This Month’s Alumni Spotlight, We Are Highlighting Kevin G. And His Recovery From Alcohol. Kevin G. did not have an easy road to recovery from alcohol. He began drinking at the age of seventeen as a senior in high school. As a young man, he always said that... read more
Money and Addiction
The Correlation Between Money and Addiction for Young Recovering Alcoholics/Addicts The 16th President of the United States once said, “our actions must speak so loud that people can not hear our words.” Abraham Lincoln’s words held truth in the 1800’s, but the... read more
Lady Gaga Mental Health Shout Out at the 2019 Grammy Awards
Lady Gaga and Mental Health @ The 2019 Grammys As a decorated Grammy and Golden Globe-winning entertainer, Lady Gaga and Mental Health rumbled the stage last night as she accepted her first of many awards at the Grammy Award Ceremony. During her award, she took the... read more
A New Recovery Program
Finding a Recovery Program that works. It may be argued that addiction treatment and recovery programs have a strong hold in America. Since man first crushed grapes and discovered that he could get drunk, there have been alcoholics seeking treatment or a recovery... read more
Supporting Recovery vs. Enabling Addiction
As a parent, how do you know if you are supporting recovery as opposed to enabling addiction? Enabling has become a dirty word amongst families whose loved ones are struggling with addiction and seeking recovery. The goal to support rather than enable a loved one has... read more
Surfside Structured Sober Living | Graduate Spotlight January 2019
Finding Recovery is Possible! As addiction rates skyrocket and the news is filled with doom and gloom its time to celebrate a little hope. Each month Surfside Structured Sober Living will select one of our graduates to be in a spotlight. With the proper help and... read more
Living in Sober Living
Aftercare Options – Choosing Sober Living When addict/alcoholic is approaching their discharge from some form of inpatient addiction treatment and the topic of aftercare arises why would someone pick going to sober living? With aftercare comes outpatient,... read more
Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy – A Lost Art in Addiction Treatment
Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy is a lost art in addiction treatment. As the nation faces what is easily the worst substance abuse crisis it has ever encountered, the front lines of the war on substance abuse becomes inundated with a plethora of therapeutic... read more
Types of Sober Living
Sober Living has Different Forms The first type of sober living I attempted as an eighteen-year-old. I had been discharged from a detoxification unit and entered a six-bedroom home containing approximately twenty-five men of all ages. There were no urine samples... read more
Benefits of Sober Living
When leaving addiction treatment which way will you go: Home or Sober Living? There are benefits which come along with sober living as opposed to discharging from treatment and returning to one’s primary residence. There are three main points to expand on. Firstly,... read more
Structured Sober Living during the Opioid Crisis
To say that the country faces a dilemma with regard to the opioid crisis is an understatement. A more appropriate description of the scenario would be to say that we are losing a generation. Unfortunately, each year the number of overdose deaths continues to climb. In... read more
What is really needed: an Overhaul in Sober Living Homes
Sober Living Homes in NJ need an overhaul | Time for a change As the nation is facing an epidemic what do sober living homes in NJ and other states really need? During an unrelenting and outright decimation of an entire generation. This concept is overwhelming when it... read moreLiving in Recovery
Recovery from addiction is more then just not using. Let us compare abstinance versus living in recovery. An average young person, non-substance abuser, applies the lessons they have learned throughout school and during their teen years into young adulthood. They may... read more
Working in Sober Living
Working in Sober Living In my early days of working in sober living, I anticipated the glamour of “saving lives”. Young men would enter, and I imagined I would aid in transforming their life by the end of their stay. This illusion, however, was soon smashed when I... read more
Advocate’s Guide to Determine Quality Addiction Treatment
Good Addiction Treatment and Recovery Resources Could be Around the Corner There are many addiction treatment programs in NJ, but access to the right one based on client needs can be tricky. Current services offered have not necessarily caught up with the current... read more
CrossFit and Addiction Recovery
Striving to Change Addiction Recovery Surfside is continually expanding the services we offer our residents in an effort to provide the most comprehensive extended care sober living, focusing on options that will allow men to experience life at its fullest. Over the... read more