Make Sure Sleep is on Your Schedule

Make Sure Sleep is on Your Schedule

“I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” You have probably heard someone deliver that line—or maybe you have delivered it yourself. It seems to perfectly encapsulate our extremely busy lives. We are far too busy to sleep, so we are just going to have to put it off. We figure our...
Staying Sober in the Face of Challenges

Staying Sober in the Face of Challenges

If you are in recovery from a substance use disorder, you are probably pretty careful about avoiding obvious triggers and situations that put your sober lifestyle at risk. For example, if your substance use disorder centered on alcohol, you probably make a point to...
Words and Recovery

Words and Recovery

The world is full of words. We say them. We hear them. We read them. We write them. We enter them letter by letter into crossword grids, and we try to guess a five-letter word in six tries or fewer. We sing them and shout them and whisper them. Heck, most (but not...