Tips For Traveling While In Recovery
Travel is an enriching, stimulating experience that shouldn’t be stunted due to sobriety. Luckily, most people reap much greater benefits when they actually have the mental clarity to enjoy their trip. Read More
Category: Living in Recovery
How To Appropriately Manage Fear in Recovery
It’s not the infamous curse word- it’s fear. Fear is the ultimate emotion; the stabilizer that defines us as conscious humans. It’s what makes us vulnerable, and it’s what also makes us pause, think, and react (or not). Fear runs through us mercilessly, and it rarely adheres to wisdom or logic. Read More
5 Tips For Repairing The Financial Problems Caused By Your Addiction
Getting sober may require assessment and repairing of everything from your interpersonal relationships to your physical health to your professional reputation. That said, you also may need to assess and repair your bank account- or lack thereof. Read More
Dating in Early Recovery – What Red Flags Do You Need To Avoid?
In early recovery, meeting new people is an entirely new adventure. Dating, which may have once represented drug-infused chaos, can even become a scarier tornado once you eliminate the mind-altering substance security blankets. Read More
Let’s Not Force Care: The Problem with Involuntary Rehabilitation
As drug addiction increases, so is the enforcement of rehabilitation – According to the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, there… Read More
5 Brilliant Resolutions To Make This Year For Your Recovery
Are you the type of person who makes resolutions- without fail- year after year, only to lose steam by February 1? Or, are you the type of person who avoids such commitments altogether, fearing failure, disappointment, or simply being a timeless cliche? Read More
The Holidays Are Coming: How To Celebrate Without Compromising Your Recovery
For some, the holidays evoke a sense of joy and togetherness, a time for family members to celebrate each other and enjoy coveted traditions. For many others, the holidays signify stress and tension. There’s a sense of dread and discomfort around having to spend time with all those people. Read More
If You’re Sober & Still Miserable, You Must Ask Yourself These 5 Questions
If getting sober is hard, then staying sober can feel like an impossible feat. Sobriety represents a complete transformation, one that requires you to reflect, shift, and change the way you interact with the world around you. Read More
Coping With Loss During Your Sober Journey
Death and taxes- they are the only two guarantees in this strange journey we call life. Of course, if you play your proverbial cards right, you can evade one of them. But death? That one is inevitable- it’ll happen to you and every single person you love- in a perfectly imperfect, randomized order. Read More
Don’t be Afraid to be Selfish
We exist within a civilization that emphasizes people to be as self-less as they possibly can every day. Make sure you tell your family you love them; take the time to volunteer; respect your elders; don’t forget to check on your friends. Read More
5 Healthy Habits Worth Adopting in Sobriety
Sobriety isn’t just about the abstinence from mood-altering substances. That’s too simplistic. Sobriety embodies the evolving mind-body approach that people take to heal their well-being. Read More
10 Sayings in Sobriety That Actually Help
A common complaint among people who are just coming into sobriety is that the sayings in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous are corny and oversimplified platitudes that are not applicable to everyday life. Read More