Breaking Bonds and Making New Friends in Recovery
An important part of addiction recovery is surrounding yourself with people who are a positive influence and who are supportive of your new lifestyle. Hanging out with old friends who...
Families Need Support in Addiction Treatment Too
Addiction is often referred to as a family disease, and for good reason. Substance use disorders do not exist in a silo. They impact the person misusing drugs or alcohol...
Keeping a Positive Attitude in Recovery
Recovery from addiction is an ongoing process and not something that happens overnight. As such, it’s important to keep a positive attitude so that you can keep pushing forward, making...
Overcoming Fears in Recovery
The choice to enter addiction treatment is a big step. Many people are filled with fears about the process because it’s either something they’ve never done before and don’t know...
Encouraging a Loved One to Seek Addiction Treatment
Watching a loved one struggle with alcoholism or drug addiction can be frustrating and heartbreaking. You see the impact that it has on their life and those around them, but...
Help Your Loved One Maintain Sobriety
There is no “cure” for addiction. Recovery is an ongoing journey and sobriety is a choice that clients make each day. As a family member, you play an integral role...
Exercising for Your Mental Health
Overcoming addiction involves much more than just stopping use of drugs or alcohol. It involves physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health. These are all components of a more effective...
Beating the Summer Blues
Many people view summer as a time of joy and relaxation where they can enjoy the warmth of the sun, clear blue skies, and longer daylight hours. However, depression doesn’t...
Regaining Faith in Addiction Recovery
So often, addiction is accompanied by loss. You can lose relationships, health, financial security, your job—you can even lose yourself. Often, you lose your faith too. Addiction recovery, meanwhile, is...
Mindfulness Tips for Addiction Recovery
There are many tools in the addiction recovery toolbox. Not all of them work for everyone, but it’s certainly worth exploring all the options available to you as you pursue...