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Turnbridge operates leading mental health and substance abuse treatment programs throughout Connecticut. This blog is a resource for people seeking addiction and mental health recovery information and inspiration, and the latest Turnbridge news and events.

Tip Dougherty – Unsung Hero March 2015

Tip currently holds the position of Care Coordinator at Turnbridge, managing basic operations at the clinical facility. Tip has been involved with Turnbridge for over 5 years, initially arriving as a client back in 2009. It really is an honor receiving this award. This job helps to remind me of where I came from, and […]

Paul A: Devotion to a Life in Recovery

Paul A. is a resident currently in Phase III of Turnbridge’s sober living program. Paul’s addiction to drugs and alcohol put him in some trying and difficult situations, but his recent devotion to a life in recovery has led to healing and change. Paul began smoking marijuana in the 7th grade with the kids in […]

College B-Ball at Madison Square Garden

On Saturday, February 28, several Phase I staff members, along with all 24 of Turnbridge’s Phase I clients, got in the Suburbans and drove down to New York City for a full day of sight-seeing and recreation. The guys woke up early in the morning and arrived in the city just in time to watch […]

Lynn and Andy P: Addressing Your Son’s Addiction

Lynn and Andy P. are the parents of Drew P., a resident currently in Phase III of Turnbridge’s drug rehab program. While in his addiction, Drew’s family relationships were strained because of complete distrust and constant stress in the household. Since coming to New Haven, Drew has taken the opportunity to address his addiction and […]

Matt L: Building a Foundation in Recovery

Matt L. successfully completed Turnbridge’s drug rehab program, and graduated in March 2015. Before coming to New Haven, Matt had been to multiple 30-day addiction treatment centers. For several years, he was stuck in a pattern of going to treatment and getting back on his feet long enough to get another job and mend broken […]

Reaching Recovery: The Importance of Sober Networks

Graduating from an addiction treatment program can be a very liberating experience. You can finally apply everything you’ve learned, all that you’ve accomplished, to life and take on the world once again. The ball is now back in your court. While this next chapter is exciting, many recovering individuals are intimidated by the idea of […]

Breaking the Addiction Cycle [Infographic]

In a single year, nearly 22 million Americans were classified as dependent on alcohol and/or illicit drugs. And while each person carries his or her own addiction story, all 22 million continue to fight the same battle, fighting against the chronic cycle of addiction. Substance dependence is extremely widespread today, and many afflicted individuals do […]

Lifting the Mask: The Dangers of Prescription Painkillers, Unveiled.

More often than not, we reach into our medicine cabinets for some Ibuprofen to ease a migraine; We take Aleve for arthritis, Vicodin for post-wisdom teeth removal, oxycodone for a severe sports injury. We rely on these painkillers to literally kill the pain, forgetting that, in actuality, these pills do not “cure” anything at all. […]

John K. Commits to Sobriety

John K. graduated the Turnbridge program on Thursday, February 19. In his last few years before coming to New Haven, John’s life was a tangled web of jails, institutions, and near death experiences, but he has since made a decision to embrace recovery and commit himself to a life in sobriety. John began drinking alcohol […]

Sharon M: A Family Reconnects After Addiction

Sharon M. is the mother of Matt M., a resident currently in Phase III, the sober living phase, of Turnbridge’s Preparative Care program. In the two years following Matt’s graduation from college with a degree in Engineering, his mother and family experienced the pain and anxiety that comes with having an active drug addict in […]