By Pat Mandryk Visitors, spectators, guests, onlookers The rooms of recovery are far too full with these kind of people looking for the easiest, softest way to recovery. It’s no wonder that there are so many that just don’t stay. Recovery is by far the most dangerous spectator sport there
From Toxic Shame to Authenticity By Tammy Theisen When I showed up to get help I was full of shame and self-loathing. The life I was living was not the life I wanted to live. I was continually judging and criticizing myself and this kept me on the Crazy
Fear of Recovery – Part Two By Pat Mandryk Identity is a big fear for a lot of us that come into recovery. So big is the fear of loss of identity that so many of us bring our well-crafted addictive identity into the rooms with us. Many times
By Pat Mandryk Many clients arrive here at Top of the World Ranch desperately wanting recovery. Most of them come here thinking that they will leave our facility with recovery in tow. Their addiction has beaten them, beaten them to a pulp and they cannot imagine living with it another