Set Aside Excuses for Avoiding Treatment
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 you...
Top Tips for Preventing Relapse
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...
Classic Board Games Offer Recovery Lessons
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...
Savoring Small Moments Can Be a Big Help in Recovery
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...