Choice Recovery Counseling

12/01/2025

'Tis the season where we see a lot of people questioning their relationship with alcohol. This grey area can be tricky because your brain wants to believe that alcohol is only a problem if it is 'every day' or 'you drink to get rid of your hangover'. The reality is that an unhealthy relationship also looks like:

-anticipating events that involve drinking more than events that don't
-planning your time around activities that include drinking versus not
-prioritizing time with friends who drink rather than people who don't
-planning your workload to be easy on the day(s) following a known opportunity to drink or after the weekend
-knowing you would not make it through a social event without having at least one drink
-telling yourself you'll make changes after the New Year

There's more of course...alcohol is sneaky like that. If you find yourself in a grey area, I would encourage you to reach out and talk with a professional or another recovering person. Sometimes we all need a little perspective when it comes to problem areas.

11/30/2025

11/27/2025

First annual Compassion Tree!

Much like the angel tree you see around, compassion tree is for children experiencing foster care! Lets make Christmas great for our most vulnerable!

Message us to adopt a kiddo today!🎄

Want to adopt but don’t want to shop? We are accepting monetary donations as well for Shop with a cop featuring the amazing deputies with the williams county sheriff office!

Cash, check or Venmo ( compassionkeeperkloset ) accepted and encouraged!🎄🎅

11/26/2025

Might be my favorite new tradition. Year 3 of pies for jail group (thank you Cptn. Mohl!) But first year for hand turkeys. Some of us may have laughed until there were tears.

11/25/2025

Buckle up. Somehow the holidays are here again.

11/23/2025

Wrapping up a quiet Saturday night at the office after a day of cleaning and building and trying to figure out how I accumulated SO MUCH stuff and feeling overwhelmed...

But then I ran across the gratitude slips from group members in 2024-2025....I guess there's always a bigger plan...even on a quiet Saturday night. Zoom in on these, they are beautiful 💜💜

11/14/2025

Today is CRC's 12th birthday. Its last birthday before entering teenage status. 12 years ago I started a private practice in a last ditch effort to escape drama and stress and stay in the field. I can't even imagine the conversation the me now would have with the person I was then. Maybe I wouldn't have even bothered to move forward back then if I knew the stress I was trading in for. Thank goodness that conversation can't happen today! This 12th full year is a game changer...I am deep into it right now. And as much as I don't feel like it some days, I'm here for it. Next year at this time, CRC will be...different. The same but more. The picture of what will be keeps me working day in and day out. I can't thank the people that are keeping CRC and myself afloat right now enough...Lisa, Charlie, Katie, Jojo, my friends down the sidewalk, the people that choose to answer my stressed out snaps and texts, my family at home and my family at the gym. And coffee. Here's to a big year 💜

11/07/2025

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11/06/2025

Just. Keep. Going.

11/04/2025

Brain info that will keep you going today and any day if you're struggling 👇👇

Take ten minutes and learn why discomfort isn't our enemy. If ten minutes seems too long to learn about willpower, you might need this video more than you know.