A Comfortable Safe Conversation About Relapse...Of All Kinds!

Relapse is Acceptable on the Path of Recovery in Life 05/13 by Dr Jeanette Gallagher | Blog Talk Radio


"Don't stay too long in the shame-filled grounds of relapse. 
 Fertile soil awaits your return...and your recovering."

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