Vital Voyage Blog

Publisher Tom O’Connor exposes the dark side of patient brokering in addiction treatment and offers guidance on finding ethical recovery programs.

A heartfelt story of a veteran’s resilience and recovery, reflecting the compassion at the heart of community-based healing

Patty Born’s heartbreaking yet hopeful journey through grief and her mission to transform tragedy into advocacy for suicide awareness and healing.

Wes Arnett shows how the 'Let Them' theory empowers recovery coaches to release control and foster autonomy, resilience, and sustainable change.

Jason Shiers argues that complexity can mask a core wound of unworthiness—keeping clients and clinicians stuck.

Body brokers and sham rehabs exploit people with addiction—enrolling them in insurance, overbilling with minimal care, then ‘dumping’ patients when coverage ends. Here’s how laws and reporting can stop it.

Ghosting can signal depression, relapse, or suicidal thoughts. AnneMoss Rogers shows how to check in with empathy, ask directly about suicide, and connect to 988.

Integrated care keeps failing people with co‑existing mental health and substance use needs—not by accident, but by design. Simon Bratt outlines a practical, trauma‑informed model to change that.