by Ryan A. Schwantes | Jan 4, 2024 | 12 Step Programs, Addiction Help, Addiction Solutions, Alcohol Treatment, Articles, Deprogramming, Non 12 Step Programs, Reviews, Uncategorized
WOW! What a Year at The Freedom Model! I asked Michelle and Ryan this morning, “What should my year-end email topic be?” She said, “Do a year in review.” So we went into my office and began listing all the accomplishments of 2023 – and frankly, we were shocked!...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Dec 11, 2023 | 12 Step Programs, Addiction Help, Addiction Solutions, Alcohol Treatment, Articles, Deprogramming, Non 12 Step Programs, Reviews, Uncategorized
How I Let Go of My Fears and Anxieties A Childhood Shaped by Fear and Dread I learned how to worry when I was a young child living in a home where bad things were happening to me frequently that were completely out of my control. As a child, you are at the mercy of...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Nov 29, 2023 | 12 Step Programs, Addiction Help, Addiction Solutions, Alcohol Treatment, Articles, Deprogramming, Non 12 Step Programs, Reviews, Uncategorized
Your End-of-Year Assessment: Breaking the Cycle of Broken Promises Whether you like it or not, as we come to the end of another year, we can’t help but assess, have I made progress? Am I ending the year in a better place than I started it, or do I have the same...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Nov 22, 2023 | 12 Step Programs, Addiction Help, Addiction Solutions, Alcohol Treatment, Articles, Deprogramming, Non 12 Step Programs, Reviews, Uncategorized
What Grips Your Soul? Do That! “You must cultivate activities that you love. You must discover work that you do, not for its utility, but for itself, whether it succeeds or not, whether you are praised for it or not, whether you are loved and rewarded for it or not,...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Nov 10, 2023 | 12 Step Programs, Addiction Help, Addiction Solutions, Alcohol Treatment, Articles, Deprogramming, Non 12 Step Programs, Reviews, Uncategorized
The Definition of Insanity – Is It a Cliché? We’ve all heard the cliché, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. If you’ve spent any time at all in the addiction recovery world you’ve heard this touted as...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Oct 31, 2023 | 12 Step Programs, Addiction Help, Addiction Solutions, Alcohol Treatment, Articles, Deprogramming, Non 12 Step Programs, Reviews, Uncategorized
“My mind is out to kill me, and I know it.” “My mind is out to kill me, and I know it.” Quote from Matthew Perry’s Memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Actor, author, and 12-step advocate, Matthew Perry, passed away this past Saturday (October 28,...
