How Medication-Assisted Treatment Helped My Client See Themselves Clearly for the First Time
I’ve sat across from hundreds of clients over the years, but some conversations leave a lasting mark. One of those moments came from a client early in their recovery, hunched in their chair, arms crossed, eyes downcast. They looked up at me and asked, “What if getting sober makes me disappear?” It wasn’t sarcasm. It […]
Why I Finally Said Yes to Medication-Assisted Treatment
I didn’t plan on relapsing. When I walked out of treatment the first time, I had 90 days of sobriety, a tight grip on my routine, a sponsor I actually liked, and for the first time in years—hope. I had done the steps. I was doing the work. I was “one of the good ones,” […]
Facing the Fear of the Unknown: A Clinician’s Guide to Starting Medication-Assisted Treatment
You might be reading this with your heart in your throat. Maybe someone just said the word “addiction” out loud for the first time—maybe it was you. Maybe you sat across from a doctor who gently introduced the idea of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), and now you’re home, scrolling, unsure what to feel. Let me start […]
Medication Assisted Treatment for People Who Don’t Want to Lose Themselves to Recovery
I didn’t want to get sober. Not because I thought everything was fine—deep down, I knew it wasn’t. I knew the edge was getting sharper. That the mornings were getting harder. That the buzz wasn’t doing what it used to. But I also knew what I was afraid of losing: me. The way I came […]
The Balance Between Recovery and Real Life: How Medication-Assisted Treatment Helped Me Manage Both
Some people picture addiction as chaos. Mine didn’t look like that. It looked like keeping every work deadline, making every school pickup, and quietly falling apart after dinner. I wasn’t falling down drunk. I was just disappearing—slowly, invisibly. Every night I’d say, “Just one glass.” Then I’d top it off, or pour another while cleaning […]
What Made Medication‑Assisted Treatment Become the Missing Piece
I get it. You’ve walked into treatment before—or tried to. You’ve invested time, money, willpower. And when the relief was temporary, or the cravings returned, you were left wondering if you were the problem, or if treatment is just a smoke-and-mirror promise. As a clinician, I’ve seen people like you. The ones who think “it […]
