Articles and Resources for Recovery

Not too long ago, we penned a blog entry about Taylor Swift’s project to re-record her early albums—using the project as a metaphor for reclaiming your own story from a substance use disorder. Take back your life from drugs or alcohol is a power move, just like Tay-Tay’s refusal to...

There are plenty of reasons to love the animated films that have been produced by the Walt Disney Company over the years. The art is always beautifully done, the songs will have you tapping your toes, and the voice actors really bring their characters to life. Generally speaking, these animated...

This past summer, a new entry in Tom Cruise’s long-running series of Mission: Impossible movies hit the big screen. It was the eighth entry in the series of films, which kicked off nearly 30 years ago in 1996. Go back another 30 years, to 1966, and the original Mission: Impossible...

You have probably had something like this happen: You are working away on a project—maybe at work, maybe at home—and suddenly you find yourself feeling stuck. Maybe you just are not sure what to do next. Or maybe you have worked to the end of your attention span. Or perhaps...

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 enjoy. In any case,...

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...

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 ongoing recovery...

Think about your habits. Not just the bad habits. Consider your neutral habits. And the good ones, too. The fact of the matter is that we all have a range of habits. Brushing your teeth first thing in the morning is a habit, for example (that’s a good habit). The...

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 clearly, and more—are all serious and good reasons...

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...