The Live Free Blog
The huge problem with alcohol abuse in New Hampshire.
Alcoholism is still the largest problem in the State of New Hampshire, it actually contributes to more people addicted than all substances combined. Many people focus much of their conversation towards the opioid epidemic but at Live Free Structured Sober Living in...
Having a Community in Sober Living
When it comes to recovery for drug addiction and alcoholism little can be accomplished without helping people get connected to a strong community. At Live Free Structured Sober Living homes in NH, one of our main goals is to create a strong community focused on...
Recovery Stories | Jason Pena
My Name is Jason, I’m 22 years old, I am from northern New Jersey. I grew up in a loving caring family that gave me everything I ever wanted and needed. I did not have many problems as a child. I had a very happy and fulfilling childhood. My parents got divorced when...
Ways to Live a Life Free of Resentment
We’ve all heard the quote “Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.” That is because wishing harm on others does nothing to them, it only hurts you. You walk around with the negativity and an underlying ill feeling produced by the...
Purdue Pharma Caught in Plan to Get People Addicted and Then Keep Them Hooked for Profit.
If you ever think to yourself “the landscape for substance abuse and drug and alcohol treatment couldn’t get any more difficult to navigate”, I would suggest you wait a day or two and read the paper or watch the news. CNN reported on a story titled “Purdue Pharma...
President Trump Gets Vulnerable About Alcoholism
Does Donald Trump know something that the majority of Americans do not know about alcoholism? Maybe, it’s that alcoholism claims more lives than the opioid crisis. Yet we continue to let ourselves off the hook for it because we have legalized it and made it socially...
What is Sober Living?
For many people entering into sobriety, staying in their home environment is either not an option or good idea. They have gone to drug or alcohol detox and even residential treatment. Which has been known to be 30 days, but today is more like 14-21. This one of the...
The Strength of Positive Community
Live Free Structured Sober Living Staff have worked to create peer ran community founded off of the spiritual principle of Unity. The philosophy of Live Free is that of the men of the house holding each other accountable with love and compassion. Men provide each...
Life Skills
Through years of active drug addiction it is common to lose sight of all things that are tied to the responsibilities of functioning as a productive member of society. At Live Free Structured Sober Living men are provided the opportunity, and outlet to evaluate their...
Restoring Hope
Learning to Give in order to Receive The men of Live Free have begun to learn and adapt a major spiritual principle in their personal recoveries, service to others. As part of the transfer from the Orientation phase into the Working/Transition phase the men...