Articles and Resources for Recovery

If you spend any time in airports, you have no doubt heard a variety of announcements. If you see something, say something. Do not leave your baggage unattended. Flight 111 is now boarding. Flight 222 has been delayed. That just scratches the surface of the sounds you may hear over...

If you are a fan of the hugely popular sitcom Seinfeld, you might remember an episode revolving around the phrase “serenity now.” George Costanza’s father, Frank, is instructed by his therapist to say “serenity now” whenever he feels his blood pressure rising. Frank, being Frank, his approach to this advice...

As a general rule, you probably do not expect your local gas station to be offering dangerous drugs for sale. But it turns out that a range of products frequently available in gas stations, smoke shops, and other locations are, in fact, quite dangerous. The nickname that has been applied...

This blog post, like all blog posts at this site, is about treatment for and recovery from substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders. But we are going to start by talking about cars. Cars are an important part of American culture, and over the years the look of...

When things go wrong in your life—as they no doubt do from time to time—it can be all too easy to fall back on excuses. Leaning into an excuse can be an effort to shift blame to someone else or simply to avoid embarrassment. Excuses can also be employed when...

It would be wonderful if you could go through treatment for a substance use disorder and come out the other side confident that you would never have difficulties with drugs or alcohol again. The fact of the matter, however, is that many people in recovery experience a relapse at some...

Board games have been around for a long, long time—and it is likely you have played any number of them over the years. From checkers to chess, Go to Backgammon, Candy Land to Battleship, or The Settlers of Catan to Wingspan, there are all kinds of games that appeal to...

Have you ever noticed that when your brain is cycling through memories of your past, it often seems to pick negative experiences to highlight? Have you noticed that when you think about the future, it is often easier to think of reasons to be negative rather than positive? And have...

A new year is underway, and for a lot of people, that tends to lead to some serious reflection. If you are a person in recovery from a substance use disorder, maybe you have been reflecting on your journey so far and wondering what this year might bring.  Of course,...

As 2025 comes to an end, we thought it would be nice to look back over the last 12 months of blog posts and share a highlight from each month. We covered a lot of topics—more, even, than will be represented here—and we will link you to the original posts...