Recovery Blog
When to Intervene in a Loved One’s Addiction
Addiction is often a debilitating condition, affecting not just the individual struggling with it but also their friends, family, and other loved ones. Whether or not a loved one has experienced...
Drug Rehab and Adventure Therapy
Have you ever heard of adventure therapy as it applies to 12-step women's rehab or men's rehab programs? Have you wondered what is involved in such a therapy or why anyone would want to add to the...
Dads in Addiction Recovery: 5 Ways to Set a Positive Example for Your Kids
If you’re a parent, you know how common parental guilt is. You love your kids so much that you constantly question whether you make the right decisions for them. Throw an addiction into the mix, and...
5 Effective Strategies to Gain a Strong Support System in Recovery
Both early and late recovery can bring on intense loneliness. Knowing that making positive life changes is often required to make steady progress in recovery, the healing process can often feel...
How Do Recovery Residences Foster Accountability?
The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (OASH) states, “People’s relationships and interactions with family, friends, co-workers, and community members can have a major impact on their...
Unraveling the Connection Between Wintertime and Opioid Overdoses
Winter’s coming bringing many changes along with it–plunging temperatures, precipitation, shorter days, less sun. These changes not only affect our heating bill and usual routes to work but also can...
6 Sober Living Skills to Maintain a Safe Recovery
Just about every stage of recovery comes with its ups and downs. It is highly common for those in early recovery to relapse within the first year after completing treatment. Even the most motivated...
Can I Drink if I’m in Recovery From Drug Abuse?
When it comes to alcohol and other drug use, people always assume that certain forms of substance use are considered “better” or “less harmful” than others. This assumption can lead people to ask...
Acute Post-surgical Pain Is a Gateway to Opioid Abuse in Women
“You’re going through withdrawals,” the registered nurse explained when Chelsea returned to the hospital for the fourth time with severe flu-like symptoms and dehydration. “I can’t be addicted. I...
Understanding the Dangers of Recreational Amphetamine Use
The use of alcohol and other drugs can have lasting effects on an individual's daily functioning and overall wellness, and these effects range in severity based on the frequency, intensity, and...
Prayers and Affirmations to Change Negative Thinking
So often, in recovery, we can get lost in cycles of negative thinking that spiral out of control. Our thinking can get so negative that we steal our power and defeat ourselves before we even get out...
The Value of Attending Outpatient Therapy in Recovery From a Traumatic Brain Injury
Living with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can bring on intense feelings of frustration as navigating life may be significantly more challenging than it was before the accident. Individuals must...