Life prior to Back2Basics was filled with pain, despair, and doubt. However, when I left Back2Basics in early March of 2017, my life was radically different. My earliest memories are of living with a crippling sense of social anxiety and feelings of social ostracism....
Written by: Bonnie Stevens, FBN Back2Basics is an addiction recovery program that has created a recipe for success by mixing addiction treatment living program, counseling and outdoor adventure. But, until recently, there were limits as to whom it could serve. Founder...
Dear Families, This week we had an in town trip. On the first day we hiked up O’leary’s Peak. It was about a 10 mile round trip hike. We went to our campsite after the hike and did some journaling and cooked burgers and brats for dinner. A client also told...
Written by: Roy J. DuPrez M.Ed. People who demonstrate a sense of well-being possess nine essential characteristics: balance, resilience, contentment, goal setting, flexibility, self-confidence, support, gratitude and connection. Back2Basics views addiction as a...
The following are journal entries from our clients while on a week long adventure to Hannah Hot Springs: DEXTER Hannah Hotsprings was very unique in many ways. The trip overall was a delight and definitely one for the books. It didn’t feel like Arizona at all,...
My sister’s best friend just buried her son who was struggling with addiction. He was 35 years old and had struggled for years after being prescribed an opioid after an accident when he was in his early 20’s. I heard her struggles with her son and it was...