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How Do I Say I Love You When I Feel Like Running Away

By Ken Wells - 01/27/2023

Series Three: Blog Ninety-Two Addictive behavior always involves betrayal. You say you will do one thing, but your good intent is torpedoed with destructive acting out behavior. There is a pall...

The PCS Perspective Special Edition

By PCS - 01/20/2023

A Look Inside the PCS Intensive Treatment Program and Why We Do What We Do Welcome to PCS! This issue was born from the realization we perhaps had never provided an...

Comparison

By Ken Wells - 01/20/2023

Series Three: Blog Ninety-One Caitlin Clark is a guard for the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team. This season as a sophomore she is scoring an average of almost 27 points per...

The Illusion

By Ken Wells - 01/14/2023

Series Three: Blog Ninety “Can’t get enough of what I really don’t want that almost works”-Anonymous This conundrum is a stumbling block for every addict. The devastating aftermath of an act out...

Can You Really Love Me If You Betrayed Me?

By Ken Wells - 01/06/2023

Series Three: Blog Eighty-Eight “Holding you is difficult today— “You feel sharp and jagged— All shoulder blades and elbows. How I would love to round your edges— To make you smooth in my rock tumbler...

The Young Adult Orphan Club

By Kari Johnson - 12/28/2022

The hope is that we, as children, outlive our parents. That our parents live a long and rewarding life before they die. But what happens when this isn’t the case?...

Starting Anew

By Hannah Kennedy - 12/28/2022

I have worked at a children’s hospital in their inpatient psychiatric unit for over four years now. To this day, one of the most visceral images I have from my...

Almost Persuaded – Everyday Struggles in the Life of a Sex Addict

By Ken Wells - 12/23/2022

Series Three: Blog Eighty-Seven It’s the Christmas season. So much going on. There’s a feeling of excitement stirring in the air. Kids are getting out of school for the holiday break....