Showing Up For Your Son – Love in Action A common concern for our Capstone parents is how they will manage to hold firm boundaries and aid their young adult or teenage son in sobriety all while being affirming, loving, and consistent. While any loving parent may feel like one cancels out the other, what … Read more
Hope for the Holidays We are in the thick of the holiday season. For families with a loved one in recovery (or needing treatment), things can look different than normal around this time of year. We want to provide you with a few tips that may help your family have hope for the holidays. Don’t … Read more
Pain that Produces Sometimes, it can be hard to receive encouragement from others when you are hurting beyond what you can articulate. Sentiments like “Thinking of you”, “I hope it gets better”, and “I’m so sorry” seem so empty. Not because your loved ones don’t mean well, but because the “light at the end of … Read more
Hope in Struggle with Addiction Struggle Defined Struggle is defined as “a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack” (Google Dictionary). Daily, we work with guys who are working to get free of the restraint of addiction. So often, the restraint of addiction or addictive behaviors feels like a never-ending … Read more
You Are Not Alone We just wrapped our 2021 Capstone Reunion this past weekend. This is one of our favorite times of the year – to reminisce on times at Capstone, reconnect with alumni clients & families, and be restored. Attendees often walk in hesitantly – not sure of what to expect, who they will … Read more
Preparing for Difficult Conversations with Your Son Your heartbeat accelerates as you get closer to having a dreaded conversation. What will he say? How will he react? What if he’s angry with me? What if he feels like we don’t love him? What if he pulls further away from us? What if we say the … Read more
In the United States, it is estimated that over 50% of high school students play sports. The student-athlete is one of the most common American norms there is. Even so, an often overlooked aspect of the prevalence of student-athletes is the effect that being a student-athlete has on a young man’s development, and how some … Read more
When a young man is dealing with the struggles of growing up, often times it results from a series of traumatic events or circumstances that lead to the development of inadequate coping mechanisms. Whether it’s using substances, pornography, or the development of mental illness, there is a root cause of these troublesome trials of the … Read more
Man’s best friend is one of the oldest animal companions for humans. Years ago, hunter-gatherers domesticated dogs to help with searches for food, retrieving game, and as society progressed they became our pets. Largely, dogs are not needed in the capacity that they were thousands of years ago, and are firmly entrenched in our family … Read more
