How to Cope When Your Spouse Relapses Addiction RecoveryBy The Right StepSeptember 17, 2014It sometimes feels more frustrating than the original addiction: watching your loved one relapse after weeks, months, or even years of hard work. If you are coping with life after your spouse’s addiction, be aware that relapse is very common. You should also know that a relapse does not mean that he can’t or won’t…
Helping Your Recovering Loved One Ditch Old Friends Addiction RecoveryBy The Right StepSeptember 12, 2014When you love an addict you go through many trials and challenges. When he was still using he probably neglected you. He may have used you or even stolen from you. You likely stayed up nights worrying. Now that he’s in recovery from substance abuse, you feel like a big weight has been lifted—but maybe…
Positive Psychology Uses Strengths to Security Sobriety Addiction RecoveryBy The Right StepJuly 31, 2014Although the small upstate New York cities that line the Hudson River were late to the party, so to speak, crack cocaine use had reached epidemic proportions by the late 1990s. Add in the increasing heroin use and the chronic alcohol and marijuana issues that the communities faced and it was not all that surprising…
Tips for Staying Safe, Sober on July 4 Addiction RecoveryBy The Right StepJune 30, 2014How do you celebrate July 4? The traditional ways in which we mark Independence Day are a minefield not only for those in recovery, but also for those on the roadways. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on traffic accidents and fatalities on July 4, 2012, show just how many lives are turned…
Are You Using a Bad Habit to Help You Break Your Addiction? Addiction RecoveryBy The Right StepJune 6, 2014You’ve given up one addiction and you’re feeling good, but as you work to eliminate the grip of one compulsion in your life, perhaps you find yourself gravitating toward something else. Maybe you gave up drugs, but now you’ve picked up smoking. Or you’re glued to the Internet for hours a day. Or you’re eating…
Moving After Rehab: The Importance of a Fresh Start Addiction RecoveryBy The Right StepFebruary 14, 2014Going through rehab is a life-changing event. Coming clean from drug or alcohol addiction gives you a chance to take your life back from your disease. If you have been through a successful rehab program, you have come out on the other side with a greater sense of self-awareness, strategies for staying sober, and the…
How to Stay Sober When Your Partner Parties This Holiday Season Addiction RecoveryBy The Right StepDecember 27, 2013Avoiding the temptation to drink too much when your partner insists on partying hard this holiday season isn’t an impossible goal. With a little preparation, self-awareness and taking proactive steps, you can manage to stay sober – despite what your partner may do.
Relapse Protection: Ten Ways to Prevent a Slip – Part 2 Addiction RecoveryBy The Right StepApril 26, 2013Continued from Relapse Protection: Ten Ways to Prevent a Slip – Part 1. If you desire lifelong sobriety, follow these tips to prevent relapse: 6. Work the Steps—all of them. It seems obvious, given that it is called the Twelve Step program, but it’s easy to get lazy, start to cut corners, and begin asking…
Relapse Protection: Ten Ways to Prevent a Slip – Part 1 Addiction RecoveryBy The Right StepApril 25, 2013Certain newcomers show up at meetings with no real intention of staying sober. They go through the motions for a little while, but their hearts are not in it. They fail to see themselves as addicts. They refuse to admit that the only cure is sobriety. They will indeed drink or use again. There are…
Relapse: How to Prevent It and Deal with It if It Happens Addiction RecoveryBy The Right StepFebruary 18, 2013Science and Support Are Keys to a Successful Recovery from Addiction Very few people SET OUT to become alcoholics or drug addicts. Further, very few people who find themselves snared by addiction and who seek inpatient or outpatient treatment for it SET OUT to relapse. The bottom line: Overcoming addiction, whether it’s the first time…
