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...
Lean Into Your Routines in Recovery

Lean Into Your Routines in Recovery

Habits can be good or bad, healthy or unhealthy. If you are in recovery from a substance use disorder (which some people might refer to as a drug habit), you know this is true. What is also true—and perhaps a little less obvious—is that good and bad habits can be two...