Starting Treatment Now May Be The Right MoveThe holiday season can be stressful with shopping for gifts, decorating homes, making travel plans and more. For others, however, the hustle and bustle of the holiday season may take a back seat …
Forgiveness in Recovery is An Important Step in Healing Forgiveness is a simple behavior. Yet it’s so complex in its machinations. Forgiveness in recovery requires letting go of a constant focus on something you’ve felt was wrong. This is central …
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Life After Addiction Treatment: Setting Yourself Up For successHaving completed the beginning phases of recovery, detox and treatment, you are now ready for the next stage. While individuals leaving a structured treatment environment may struggle to remain sober, setting yourself …
Addiction treatment, it could be argued, is an amazing journey into the unknown. Of course, when you face the unknown, you also face your fear of your past or the fears of addiction treatment itself.You might be afraid of a …
Those in addiction recovery will often cite that what brings them together is a common enemy—the drugs, alcohol or other numbing agents. However, managing a sober life in addiction recovery has another great enemy—boredom. When you reflect on your time in …
We hear from our clients often that they want to break free from addiction, but there’s one thing that stands in their way: detox. They fear the process and don’t know what to expect when they detox or what it …
Whether it’s detox, rehab, 12-step meetings, learning to curb the use of drugs, managing our lives in new ways or dealing with cravings, anything associated with stopping our addictions is often incredibly uncomfortable (at first) and requires a great deal …
Many of the challenges of recovery, like dealing with cravings, feeling stressed or overwhelmed, or knowing how to find support for your recovery, often seem too numerous for individuals to get started on their recovery journey. They may believe it’s …
Sleep is as vital to our health and well-being as food and water, but did you know that sleep also has a detoxing effect on the brain?For centuries, top minds in science and philosophy have wondered why people sleep and …
You might feel like this is a no-brainer, that being good to yourself by getting a good night’s sleep in alcohol rehab is a critical piece of recovery. But, as you may have already figured out, your time in alcohol …
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