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March 11. 2021
Feeling Unsteady in Recovery? Take a Break From Social Media
Social media is everywhere these days, and despite its ubiquitous use, these platforms can have some detrimental effects – especially…
March 9. 2021
Are You Enabling Your Loved One’s Addiction?
When someone you care about is suffering from substance abuse disorder (SUD), your instinct may be to do whatever you…
March 4. 2021
The Stages of Change
1) PRECONTEMPLATION STAGE “It isn’t that we cannot see the solution. It’s that we cannot see the problem.” Precontemplators usually…
March 2. 2021
Four Things You Should Know About Resilience
Resilience can be developed. Many people have learned that firsthand this year, as they’ve had to build more resilience than…
February 25. 2021
5 Ways of Coping with Isolation
As the late, great Jim Morrison crooned, strange days have found us. As millions adjust to social life filtered almost…
February 23. 2021
Snarky and Sober? Letting Go of Resentment and Anger in Recovery
Here’s the good news: I am kinder and gentler after two-plus years of recovery. The bad news? I was pretty…
February 19. 2021
How to Get a Drug Addict Into Treatment
When people ask how to get a drug addict into treatment, typically they are really asking one of two questions.…
February 16. 2021
Tick, Tick, Boom: Unmanaged Anger and Relapse
I was on Facebook the other day and I realized something – certain people on my friend list had mysteriously…
February 11. 2021
5 Things Recovery Taught Me (And Why I’m Grateful)
I entered into recovery feeling completely broken – like I was shattered into a million little pieces. But recovery taught…
February 9. 2021
Practicing Self-Love this Valentine’s Day and Beyond
Recovery presents us with the opportunity to mend the relationships that experienced a disconnect during our active addiction, but one…
February 5. 2021
When to Quit: For Family & Friends
In the online Family & Friends meetings that I facilitate, one of the more difficult issues that sometimes arises is…
February 2. 2021
A Sober Life Isn’t a Boring Life
Getting sober is a decision for health and wellness; it's a move that frees you to pursue the life you've…
