Thrive Center for Wellness

02/18/2026

Saying no to alcohol really should be as socially normal as consumption.
If someone not drinking makes you uncomfortable, we can help with that!

01/19/2026

Freedom has a price. He paid the most. Be vigilant and careful with who you give your freedom to.

01/03/2026

The illusion is typically being pushed by families and loved ones who are still in denial. The diagnosis of alcoholism is no different than the diagnosis of any other chronic disorder, no one wants to accept it.
The delusion is always being pushed by the individual. The grand bargains of just one and this time it will be different...

11/24/2025

Spots are limited! You can pay on the Thrive website to reserve your spot, just click the box that says paying for the retreat. You can also reach out to Beth or Maggie for more info. Hope to see you there!

11/24/2025

11/12/2025

Check out the recent blog for ways to navigate the Bermuda Triangle of Recovery. Follow the link in bio.

11/11/2025

Happy Veterans Day.
Let’s not forget that our men and women in the military have a 57 percent higher su***de rate than their civilian counterparts. Getting help is not a sign of weakness.



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11/08/2025

Talk to yourself kindly. Eat something yummy and healthy. Call someone you haven't talked to in a long time. Go outside and take some deep breaths. Go play! Stretch your boundaries.

11/07/2025

Rest well. Many deep bows of gratitude for your mentorship, laughter and friendship. Thank you for the untold number of souls you helped through addictions and trauma because you dug in to heal your own. Thank you for the gift of curiosity and ever seeking. You are missed.

10/25/2025

Addiction is a family disorder. Often the person suffering from Addiction is scapegoated carrying the wounds and dysfunction of the entire family. It is the exception and not the norm for someone to heal from Addiction while the family stays sick and vice-versa. We get well together.

10/07/2025

The adaptation was typically used to: provide safety, create avoidance of pain, make the unbearable bearable, cope, seek acceptance, avoid suffering.
Maladaptive is only maladaptive when someone is judging it as anything other than an adaptation to trauma before it stopped working. Mostly by those who have never taken a step in "maladptive" shoes. We can do so much better.

09/29/2025

1. Rock bottom=death. Addiction is fatal left untreated. Do not let your loved ones hit rock bottom.
2. Drugs are drugs in this instance. The ideology behind hard vs. soft is designed to separate people, propagating judgment and fueling stigma. It also allows people to rationalize and justify their own "less harmful" use. Finally, it allows corporations to distract from the harm "legal" drugs like alcohol, to***co, and Pharma cause. The 2 historically legal drugs (alcohol and to***co) have killed more than ALL illicit drugs combined.
3. If drugs were truly addictive, anyone who ever tried them would be addicted (including alcohol).
4. Recovery is the long process of re-connecting with our authentic selves and healing the wounds that chemicals helped to soothe.
5. Abstinence is simply not using. Often, the first steps toward recovery, but not always. Abstinence is simply not enough to heal addiction.
6. Recovery is often a lifelong process to keep the chronic disorder in remission. For many, treatment is the beginning of the healing journey.
7. Addiction is rooted in trauma. Much of that trauma occurs between the ages of 0-3. Genetics as an explanation glosses over the suffering of trauma and the effects on brain development. Epigenetics would be a slightly better explanation.
8. Relapse is a part of the disorder, not a failure of recovery. Some people never return to use just as cancer stays in remission for some and reoccurring for others.
9. Addiction is a complex neurobiological disorder that no one chooses.
10. Functioning alcoholics just haven't lost their employment YET.
11. Addiction can and does weaken us, but recovery and redemption are superpowers.
12. Detox can break physical dependency. It does nothing for cravings, urges, or heal emotional woundedness.