Counseling Solutions LV

09/18/2025

Estamos aceptando nuevos pacientes de Medicaid. Llamé hoy para agendar su cita (610) 437-2370 CounselingSolutionsLV.com

09/18/2025

Our new number / Nuestro nuevo número
(610) 437-2370

09/17/2025

Accepting new patients. Call today to get scheduled (610) 437-2370 CounselingSolutionsLV.com

09/13/2025

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CEO Yamelisa Jimenez for being honored as one of the Forty Under 40 by Lehigh Valley Business. So well deserved!

09/12/2025

We were featured today in WFMZ Edición en Español 💚

Tras el as*****to de Charlie Kirk, activista político y cofundador de Turning Point USA, y el apuñalamiento de una refugiada ucraniana en Carolina del Norte, videos gráficos de ambos hechos

08/15/2025

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober by Catherine Gray.
[book summary and review by Facebook Group 'Ink and Pages'
An unflinchingly honest and emotionally powerful memoir that dismantles the myths we hold about alcohol and joy. Gray doesn’t preach sobriety from a pedestal—she invites us into the messy, vulnerable terrain of addiction, self-deception, and ultimately, radical transformation. What begins as a personal reckoning unfolds into a universal story about reclaiming agency, clarity, and dignity.

She writes not from clinical detachment, but from lived experience—days blurred by blackouts, friendships frayed by recklessness, and mornings steeped in self-loathing. But the book isn’t about despair. It’s about disillusionment. Gray methodically unpacks the cultural scripts that glamorize alcohol—how it's equated with celebration, adulthood, even intimacy—and reveals how those stories kept her stuck. Sobriety, in contrast, is presented not as deprivation, but liberation.

The genius of the book lies in how practical and philosophical it is. She blends neuroscience, psychology, and social commentary with a voice that’s witty, vulnerable, and bracingly insightful. She charts the first thirty days, the milestones, the awkward parties, the cravings, the clarity—and then the surprising pleasures that begin to surface. The longer she stays sober, the more joy she uncovers—not in grand gestures, but in the ordinary sacredness of a hangover-free morning, a genuine connection, or the quiet pride of self-respect.

I deeply appreciate how Gray reframes addiction recovery. She doesn't shame, pathologize, or dramatize. She illuminates. Sobriety becomes less about what you're giving up and more about what you're getting back: presence, power, and peace.

Five Reflections from the Book:
1. Alcohol often masks a deeper hunger. Many people don’t drink to celebrate—they drink to anesthetize. Sobriety reveals the emotional truths alcohol numbs.

2. Sober clarity is uncomfortable—but sacred. Without the fog of alcohol, emotions become sharper and more raw—but so does self-awareness and emotional mastery.

3. Joy becomes more textured. Gray shows that the small pleasures—sunlight, laughter, depth in relationships—become vivid when not dulled by dependency.

4. Cultural myths around alcohol are deeply ingrained. From advertising to rituals, Gray calls out how society colludes in normalizing alcohol, making sobriety seem radical when it’s actually sane.

5. Sobriety is not about perfection. It's a return to wholeness. Gray’s journey is riddled with stumbles and self-doubt—but through it all, she uncovers a life she never thought possible.

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober isn’t just a memoir. It’s a manifesto of freedom. It challenges us to question what we believe about comfort, courage, and control—and gently invites us to imagine a life where we no longer numb, but truly feel.

Review above by FB Group 'Ink & Pages'.

08/15/2025

We are PROUD to have created a space where we all belong and can heal safely!

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08/14/2025

This Sunday

SOBER SPACES @ Lehigh Valley Pride in the Welcome Center of SteelStacks! Sunday, August 17.
🎶 DJ BradScott will be spinning tunes ALL DAY and 🎭 Clan Ann will be performing 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm and 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm. Mocktails will be served inside! Get your boogie on!

08/05/2025

08/01/2025

Want a ride to Musikfest? Thank you Danny's Ride!! We can coordinate rides within 20 miles from the Fest. Be sure to visit us at on the Southside!! Please email info@syncrecovery.org