If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Now one year and one month since we opened the Mark Houston Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center in 2006, we’ve had the chance to really reflect on the outcome of this first year. The statistics are exciting and [...]

In each of the 12 months of the year, we talk in detail about the corresponding step in the 12-Step Program. This month, we’ll talk about step 8, making a list of all the people we have wronged and becoming willing to make amends with them.
While living the selfish life of an addict, we [...]

We are thrilled to announce that the Mark Houston Recovery Center is the cover story in this month’s Treatment Magazine. The 3 page spread talks about how entrepreneur-funded and organized drug and alcohol recovery programs are winning public interest and fueling a rapid expansion in the recovery industry.
The article talks about the explosion of [...]

Many people ask why the Mark Houston Recovery Center is a males-only drug and alcohol recovery center. Isn’t recovery gender neutral? In some ways yes, but in many ways no.
Addiction recovery runs much deeper than simply removing drugs or alcohol from the body. Achieving permanent sobriety means adopting an entirely new set [...]

With so many treatment programs and so many having attended them, why do so many relapse� With such high numbers of relapse cases, it’s possible to believe that recovery is unachievable for some addicts.
Living a life of permanent sobriety is possible for anyone. Recovery is a lifelong journey. Getting to a point of feeling in [...]