Laughter Can Be Good Medicine In Recovery

Laughter Can Be Good Medicine In Recovery

For decades and decades (and even more decades), the magazine Reader’s Digest has featured a segment called “Laughter, the Best Medicine.” Arguably, whether or not the jokes on those pages of the magazine actually make you laugh says a lot about what kind of humor you...
Do Not Cheat Yourself When It Comes to Sleep

Do Not Cheat Yourself When It Comes to Sleep

Are you in the habit of staying up late at night—maybe way too late? Are you regularly staying up late even though you know you will regret it when your alarm goes off in the morning? Are you pitting nighttime you against morning you? Does morning you kind of hate...
Reflecting—and Acting—on Gratitude in Recovery

Reflecting—and Acting—on Gratitude in Recovery

If you are a person in recovery from a substance use disorder, you likely feel quite grateful that you have been able to set aside drugs or alcohol and work toward rebuilding your life. Keeping hold of that feeling of gratefulness is a great way to support your...
An Additional Issue with Alcohol: It Causes Cancer

An Additional Issue with Alcohol: It Causes Cancer

Throughout this blog, we have written about the ways in which a substance use disorder centered on alcohol can upend your life (examples here, here, and here). The problems associated with alcohol use—damage to your relationships, your finances, your ability to think...