Dave Devitt checked into MARR in January 1987. Eventually he made his way back to school to study psychology in order to understand the disease he suffered from and learn…
One of them was crawling under his house disconnecting the phones to protect himself. Another had the DEA show up at his place of business with guns and badges. The…
By Jim Seckman, MAC, CACII, CCS Is addiction a disease? Is addiction a choice? These are good questions, and ones that require careful attention to the nature of disease in…
When Matt checked into the hospital at the age of 28, he had a 0.42 blood alcohol level and the doctors thought he might die. Fast forward nearly 21 years,…
I needed to get drunk to be in a bathing suit. I couldn't be intimate with my partner sober. These are just some of the stories that Alison Makely hears as the…
Art is a MARR alum from 1996, who relapsed after that, and came back through in 1998. He identifies himself as an alcoholic whose drug of choice is “whatever’s next.”…
By Jordan Detweiler, CAC-I After a week of lying in bed at my mom’s house, dope sick and vomiting in a bucket because of heroin withdrawal, I agreed to go…
Both Jordan and Kristen spend their days talking with potential clients and their families about coming into treatment at MARR. They talk about some of the initial concerns of clients…
Addiction is a family disease, and one of the most important steps to take in recovery is setting boundaries. Addiction is a disease of isolation. It relentlessly crosses boundaries, threatens…
On Wednesday, January 30, 2019, MARR partnered with Amazon Studios and Georgia State Representative Sharon Cooper to host a special screening of the Amazon film Beautiful Boy. The room was…
Bruce characterizes himself as “feral” and “undomesticated” when he walked into the doors of MARR at 42. A self-described smooth talking bar owner and salesmen, Bruce talks about how his…
By Matt Shedd Addiction is a disease characterized by a constant state of violence, both within and around the person suffering from it. As anyone close to someone with an…