A famous saying heard in the rooms of recovery is that we are either moving away from a drink/drug, or we are moving towards one. In other words, getting complacent in early sobriety can be a dangerous thing. Here we...
Relapse Prevention
Substituting Addictions: What to Watch Out For
Addiction essentially hijacks our brain’s natural reward system, and hardwires it to seek instant gratification. This can make early sobriety challenging at times. While we have successfully lost the physical addiction to drugs and alcohol, our brains take more time...
Life Skills
Top Benefits of Rehab Alumni Groups
While early recovery is an exciting time of rebirth and growth for us, it certainly is not without many challenges. Recovery is a new way of life, free from the bondage of drugs and alcohol that had once kept us...
Life Skills
Reconnecting with Family and Loved Ones in Early Sobriety
One of the greatest curses of drug addiction and alcoholism is the impact that it invariably has on our relationships with family and our loved ones. Conversely, one of the greatest aspects of recovery is mending and regaining these relationships...
Life Skills
The Benefits of Sober Living
A life in recovery means a life free from the bondage of drugs and alcohol, thus allowing us to pursue life to the fullest extent. While a life in recovery unquestionably beats even our best days in our addictions, the...
Sober Living
Top Unwritten Benefits of Recovery
The greatest promise that a life in recovery delivers for us is that we will no longer have to hurt from alcoholism and/or addiction ever again. This is only one, however, of the countless benefits that come from a life...
Life Skills
Time Management and Early Sobriety
Our addiction typically consumed every facet of our lives when we were actively using. As our disease progressed, we essentially lived to use and used to live. Once we achieved sobriety, we often found ourselves quite baffled with the amount...
Relapse Prevention
Relapse Prevention in Early Sobriety
While early sobriety is an exciting time of rebirth and growth, the fear of relapse is often times a very real threat for us. Relapsing back into drug and/or alcohol addiction unfortunately negates all our hard work, and means we...
Sober Living
The Twelve Step Triangle and What It Means for Early Sobriety
Scattered throughout the rooms of recovery and within recovery literature are countless different sayings, slogans, and symbols related to the program and sobriety. There are so many, that it often times is quite easy to overlook the meaning of some...
Relapse Prevention
A Guide to Dealing with Free Time in Early Sobriety
Drugs and alcohol typically consumed every facet of our lives when we were actively using, leaving us little time for anything else. Once we reach early sobriety, we are often times left with a void of free time in the...
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