Know Your Why: A Conversation with Recovery and Mental Health Thought Leaders
Know Your Why is a virtual panel that will explore ways to get involved with the recovery community and the panelists why for what they do in their daily lives in their careers of working within the recovery and mental health communities. Read More
Break Free NYFW: A Sober Fashion Showcase
Is it too big a stretch to merge the conversation of mental health and recovery with fashion? Alexandra Nyman of LadyCat doesn’t seem to think so. Read More
Meditations on Energy
This is the time of year when there’s always a lot of talk about light in the air. Read More
NYC Opens Two Supervised Drug Injection Sites
The non-profit organization OnPoint NYC has received national attention after recently opening two of the country’s first overdose prevention sites. Read More
How to Practice More Self-Compassion (Even When Life Gets Rough)
Self-compassion often gets a bad rep. People associate being kind to themselves as selfish, conceited, or even narcissistic. Read More
New Device that can Detect and Reverse Opioid Overdoses
Researchers from the University of Washington developed a wearable device that can be used to detect and reverse opioid overdoses. Read More
Panel Announcement: Resolutions in Sobriety
Resolutions in Sobriety is a virtual panel featuring addiction recovery thought leaders, influencers, and advocates who will discuss their goals for the new year. Read More
Why Creating New Holiday Rituals Can Be Beneficial in Recovery
The holidays can be undoubtedly stressful. Additionally, the winter season may trigger unpleasant memories, difficult situations, and intense cravings when you’re in recovery. It’s important to prepare for these moments and plan for them in advance. Read More
Thinking Mindfully
I remember my first communion. I was thirteen, and it came after three endless years of confirmation class. I was primed for it to be a big event: not only joining the mystical body of Christ as a full, adult member of the church—a sort of Lutheran bar mitzvah—but also my first taste of wine. Maybe the top of my head would be blown off by some great revelation. I didn’t know what to expect. Read More
November Means “Men’s Health Awareness”
In a world where a man is told to show no emotions, to never show weakness, called cowardly for asking for help and to put their physical well-being on the back burner, it sometimes can get difficult to recognize that they are still human and all of this is an unrealistic request for a human. Read More
A Chat with Sober Author Veronica Valli
The road to sobriety and the ongoing journey of recovery is a story that is unique to each individual, but is a story that people from all parts of the world can connect with. Read More