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MEET THE FAMILY: Cindy Shinn serves the Cornerstone community behind the scenes
Chances are, if you’re reading this on a device, you have no idea what goes on below or behind the screen. All you know is that your phone or your laptop or your tablet works, and you’re grateful it does. Take it apart and remove one piece … one random screw or circuit or board…
Read MoreA rehab where you can smoke cigarettes: A necessity or an oxymoron?
If whether or not you seek addiction or alcoholism treatment is dependent on finding a rehab where you can smoke cigarettes, chances are good it won’t be a deal-breaker at most facilities you call. (It’s important to note, however, that this varies according to geographic location: According to a 2018 report by the Centers for…
Read MoreCornerstone of Recovery now offers addiction treatment that takes TriCare
There’s now a new option in East Tennessee for addiction treatment that takes TriCare. “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few” — so said British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a 1940 speech commemorating the sacrifices of that nation’s armed forces. At Cornerstone of Recovery,…
Read MoreCornerstone’s Howard Bowlin reflects on (almost!) 41 years of sobriety
The final six months of 1979 were some of the darkest of Howard Bowlin’s life. Today, the spiritual advisor, military veteran and retired Episcopal priest recalls them with the stoicism of a man who’s spent 40 years working a one-day-at-a-time program of acceptance and change. At Cornerstone of Recovery, the drug and alcohol treatment center…
Read MoreProgram coordinator Nancy Dabbs reflects on two decades of Cornerstone service
For 20 years, minus a couple while she was employed elsewhere, Nancy Dabbs has had a ringside seat to it all at Cornerstone of Recovery. On Dec. 30, she’ll leave the Cornerstone campus for the final time, headed west to a new position as treatment supervisor of Drug Court Four, a unit of the Residential…
Read MoreEmployee profile: As a man once broken by addiction, Curtis Trotter now helps put others back together
It’s a marvelous thing, watching Curtis T. work his magic. To be fair to his peers in the clinical side of Cornerstone of Recovery, where Curtis Trotter (as he’s officially known) works as a counselor in the Newcomers Program, it’s not magic so much as it’s his personal style. His sense of humor in the…
Read MoreCaregiver conundrum: ‘Which addiction treatment center should I refer patients to?’
For the majority of patients, primary care providers have no problem recommending additional medical care for problems beyond the scope of their capabilities. But when it comes to addiction or alcoholism, those same providers may find themselves asking, “Which addiction treatment center should I refer patients to?” For major medical issues — heart disease, cancer,…
Read MoreCommunication conundrum: Can you have your cell phone in rehab?
It’s probably one of the top questions admissions counselors at drug and alcohol treatment centers get asked by prospective patients: Can you have your cell phone in rehab? While the rules may differ from facility to facility — and there are certain drug and alcohol rehabs that permit patients to keep their cell phones throughout…
Read MoreCornerstone and the CCN: drug and alcohol treatment for veterans
On a day set aside to honor the service and sacrifice of the nation’s servicemen and women, drug and alcohol treatment for veterans may seem like a topic best avoid. It shouldn’t be — because addiction and alcoholism are diseases, and they affect veterans at an alarming rate. According to a 2017 article in the…
Read MoreA recovering addict who helps others recover: Meet Cornerstone’s Tony Davis
Now that he’s a recovering addict, Tony Davis — a.k.a. Tony D., as he’s known fondly around the drug and alcohol treatment center Cornerstone of Recovery — doesn’t talk much about his days in the darkness of addiction, back in Greenville, South Carolina. Suffice it to say it wasn’t pleasant — “I used every day,…
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