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How Faith in a Higher Power Can Strengthen Your Recovery
The first step of our addiction recovery journey involves realizing that our stubborn self-will has led us to put our faith in harmful substances to heal our emotional wounds and that this self-medica…
Why Shame Is the Real Enemy of Recovery
You can't talk about addiction recovery without first addressing the two elephants in the room – guilt and shame. People often lump together guilt and shame as one and the same. The two, however, diff…
Beating the Winter Chill With Winter Activity
In ancient Europe, the Scandinavian people lived long months in nearly total darkness in their northern homes. In some parts of Lapland, winter days are filled with almost twenty hours of dark nights…
Why Addiction Makes Anxiety Worse
Anxiety and substance use can often go hand in hand. Which causes which? Does it start with anxiety, which leads to using substances to cope? Or does it begin with substance use, which then creates an…
Nutrition in Recovery
Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, famously said, "Let thy food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food." Since ancient times, we have known the role the foods we consume play in our da…
How Peer Pressure Impacts Addiction
Peer pressure is often something that is considered to affect teens and younger adolescents. The truth is that peer pressure affects people of all ages. It can happen at school, at work, among friends…
5 Strategies to Beat Your Addiction Cravings
Whether you have been sober for five minutes or five years, cravings remain a relatively consistent part of your recovery experience. The good news – by learning how to manage them, you can help prote…
Overcoming Anxiety in Addiction Recovery
It is natural to be a little confused when the term "anxiety" is brought up in addiction treatment and recovery or mental health settings. After all, anxiety is a general feeling of worry or nervousne…
Why Men Struggle to Connect in Treatment and Recovery
Opening up about your challenges with addiction can be hard. You might have feelings of shame or guilt and worry about how those you care about might react. This is a normal concern and can often be w…
Aging in Addiction Recovery
In 2001, 1.7 million older adults in the United States required treatment for substance use disorder (SUD). Twenty years later, that number has more than doubled. In 2020, estimates suggested 4.4 mill…
5 Strategies for Better Sleep
Sleep is critical when it comes to your overall well-being. You cannot function well without good sleep and may struggle with mental and physical wellness. Addiction disturbs sleep in a big way. If yo…
5 Great Gift Ideas for Your Loved One in Recovery
The holiday season is upon us. That means celebrations, activities with family and friends, and gift-giving. That last one can either launch us into a panic because we're terrible at finding great off…
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