Recovery Blog
Developing Creative Coping Skills
According to a review in the Behavioral Sciences Journal, stress is the most prevalent health risk. With stress being an overwhelming risk for multiple health conditions, including relapse,...
Recovery Is a Process of Constant Change
Recovery is a process of constant change. Research in motivational interviewing explains there are five stages of change: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. Just...
Developing Impulse Control in Recovery
Impulsivity is a part of the human experience. We are all impulsive about certain things, individual to each of us. People with a history of mental illness or substance use disorder (SUD) often have...
The (Surprising) Good News about Bad Mood Swings: A Guide to Early Recovery
You have been clean for a month, and you’re ecstatic. Your recovery group praises you, your addiction counselor uses you as an example for newer clients, and your kid looks at you with new respect...
Financial Wellness: How Recovery Can Impact Your Finances
The use of alcohol and/or other substances significantly impacts your life in all areas of wellness, including finances. You may not consider this as you pursue recovery, but recovery from...
Write Your Recovery Story: Help Yourself and Others
As humans, we seek closeness to others and often can understand our own experiences through self-reflection and by comparing our experiences to the life experiences of others. Writing our stories...
Your Beliefs Hold the Key to Your Success
Believing in yourself is critical to your success in recovery. If you practice belittling yourself, relapse is more likely to occur. The time has come for you to stop beating yourself up and begin...
How does one deal with anxiety while undergoing treatment for substance abuse?
Substance abuse is challenging to overcome under the best of circumstances. However, when it is accompanied by anxiety, treatment can become more complicated. Keep reading to find out how to deal...
Practicing Kindness Toward Others Helps Others and Yourself
Society functions best with the altruism, cooperation, compassion, and generosity of its members. Being kind improves the lives of everyone. Whether you say "hello" to a stranger in an elevator or...
Finding New Sources of Joy
Giving up old behaviors and patterns of thinking is difficult in the early stages of recovery. Deciding to begin recovery also requires a decision to change your life dramatically. This change...
Discovering Your Needs and Understanding How to Get There
Throughout our lives, teachers, parents, and others have told us to create goals and plans beyond our present circumstances. However, we do not always approach life with goals in mind. Sometimes, we...
Avoid Addiction Relapse During the Holidays
The holidays—a time for festivities and socializing, gift-giving and merriment! But sometimes, the holidays can be stressful. Shopping, balancing work with social life, cleaning, cooking,...