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Good Mental Health Is an Important Component of Lasting Sobriety
Maintaining your sobriety should be simple, right? Just don’t take drugs or drink alcohol. But staying committed to sobriety requires that you address challenging issues that contributed to your substance use disorder and/or may contribute to relapse. This includes...
We Are Still Open: Treatment Is Essential and Treatment Facilities Are, Too
Limitations There are an awful lot of things you can’t do right now in the midst of the COVID-19 public health emergency. You can’t meet your friends for a relaxing dinner at your favorite restaurant. You can’t go to the bowling alley or to the bookstore or to the...
Taking the First Step – What to Expect at a 12-Step Meeting
Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous and its famous 12-Step program for maintaining sobriety have carved out an impressive place in our pop culture consciousness. We see AA meetings in books and movies and television shows and on stage. Sometimes these meetings...
In Recovery and Stuck at Home? Here are Four Inspiring Documentaries to Watch
Due to the current mandate of social distancing, many of us are finding ourselves stuck at home with lots and lots of time on our hands. That can be challenging for people in recovery who are looking to stave off boredom and the cravings that can sometimes arise when...
New Relationships Must Be Built on Honesty – Especially About Your Recovery
Let’s say your recovery is going well. You’ve stayed sober for quite some time now, and you’ve been taking care of yourself—eating right, getting exercise, going to therapy, practicing mindfulness, the works. And let’s say you’ve got a little crush on someone you’d...
Today’s Exercise: Getting Regular Exercise Can Aid Your Recovery Efforts
Exercise. Some people love it. Some people hate it. Everybody needs it. For a person in recovery, a regular exercise program can be especially important. Exercise can, of course, improve your physical health. It can also improve your mental health. And it can help...
Staying On Top of the Waves – Urge Surfing as a Recovery Strategy
Imagine a surfer out on choppy seas. Atop the board, the surfer must navigate wave after wave to stay upright. It might seem like the waves are simply too much for the surfer to overcome, but with a great deal of practice and determination, a skilled surfer can...
Get Into A Groove with the Group – Feeling Comfortable in Group Therapy
Therapy of any kind can be intimidating. But group therapy may seem particularly scary—especially if you tend to be a private, introverted individual. It can be hard enough to talk about your struggles with a single person. When there is a whole group of people in the...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – Tricky Name but Amazing Results for Those in Recovery
Understanding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Sometimes it can be difficult to find the help we need—for ourselves or for our loved ones—because the medical and therapeutic fields have their own special jargon that can be difficult to understand. For example,...
The Importance of Overcoming Loneliness for Your Sobriety
It makes a certain kind of sense. When we feel lonely, we imagine we’re the only person who feels that way. But of course that isn’t really the case. As The Beatles put it in “Eleanor Rigby,” “Ah, look at all the lonely people.” It can be helpful to remember that even...
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