Transfer of Addiction
The mental health field (and for the purpose of this article, specifically the addiction recovery field) is an interesting little world. There are a lot of licenses, degrees, sp…
Recovery Insights
Stories, research and practical guidance on recovery, mental health and wellbeing from TiNHiH Foundation.
The Thin Red Line – An Analysis of Not Enabling Versus Withholding Support
It’s a very common explanation, “We had to step away because they were in active addiction.” No one argues with that explanation. It’s actually one of the safest explanations an…
You Can Sandbag Mental Health Training Too
How many times in your life have you heard the story of the Gym Hopeful? The one where the well-meaning person signs up for a gym membership with the intent on getting more phys…
Brain First, then Body
When we pick up the broken pieces of ourselves and venture out on the road to recovery we often have a vision of what we hope for at the end. We want, of course, to be sober. We…
On Relapse (And Lifting Heavy Things)
“Why would you throw your life away like that?” “You worked so hard to rebuild, you were happy, why would you make that mistake again?” Our society has written its narrative for…
Not a Problem, But a Superpower
Every superhero needs a superpower. And if superhero lore has taught us anything it is that superheroes often come across their superpower through adversity. For much of their l…
TINHIH’s Rock for Recovery is positioned to support scholarships for adolescents in recovery
When TINHIH envisioned a recovery high school, we always planned on supporting the students during their time at high school. A chance to combat the opioid epidemic in an unconv…
Black Monday 2019 Recap
TiNHiH Foundation and Rebel Recovery Community present the 6th Annual Black Monday Public Education Forum on Monday, February 11, 2019, to help raise awareness of the opioid epi…
There is nothing sadder than cleaning your kids room …
When you are the parent of a child (or in my case children) who sufferers from substance use disorder- you seem to clean their rooms on a variety of occasions. It starts when th…
Angelversary
I first heard this term a few years ago. From other grieving parents, probably on one of the grief sites, I frequent- maybe GRASP. Anyway, it doesn’t really matter where I heard…
Wondering why …
04/27/17 This should have been one of the best days of TINHIH’s existence. Just over 1 year ago, TINHIH announced the possibility of a new offensive tactic to combat the opioid…
Inception
My life was forever changed on 07/21/11. My 19 yr old heroin-addicted son had moved back home 3 days previously. At the time he was 7 months clean from daily heroin use. We were…