Category: Relapse Prevention

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...

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...

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...

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...