5 Of The Best Bucket List Items You Can Do In Recovery
The journey of recovery from an addiction doesn’t have to be fraught with pain and struggle. Instead, it can be looked at as a period of renewal and discovery, where a person begins to delve into the activities and interests that truly makes one happy, instead of numbing feelings with drugs and alcohol. It’s been…
Admitting You Have a Problem is a Sign of Strength
A common belief in Alcoholics Anonymous is that admitting you have a problem is the first step towards recovery. And for any addiction, not just alcoholism, this belief rings true. Sometimes a person who has developed a problem with alcohol or drugs won’t admit that the use has crossed the line to addiction. One of…
Relapse Does Not Have to Be Part of Your Recovery
Relapse is one of the biggest fears of anyone trying to recover from an addiction. Recovering from an addiction is hard work, and something that someone has to be committed to for the long-term, and it involves always fighting against the fear that relapse is just one mistake away. So people may approach their recovery…
5 Suggestions On How To Get Through The First Month Of Sobriety
Early recovery is the toughest part of the journey, and the time where most people relapse. The first month of sobriety provides a newly recovered addict numerous challenges to overcome. Often, a person still experiences strong cravings, both physical and mental, during this time. Additionally, going back to the stresses of life can be challenging,…
The Controversy of Prescription Drugs in Sobriety
When a person has overcome addiction, they often find themselves fighting a lifelong battle against relapsing once again. Some ex-addicts stay away from any type of prescription medication once they become sober, while others will take prescription medication as needed. Newly sober addicts often find themselves entering into this debate and wondering whether they should…
Bridging Treatment & Recovery Communities
The life of an addict is a lonely one, on that isolates and destroys. If the disease of addiction is strong enough for someone, then detoxification is the only option. There are different types of detox facilities, and the ones that advertise a “fast detox” or “rapid detox” should be avoided because they use dangerous…
Trauma Therapy Is Beneficial to Those in Recovery
The disease of addiction causes so much collateral in someone’s life that it is hard to gauge it all completely at first. The process of inventorying the damage that an addiction has caused sometimes takes a lifetime. It pretty much starts immediately, as well, once and addiction begins to form. The early stages of an…
7 Recovery Role Models
Robert Downey Jr. In his most famous words, “I am allergic to drugs and alcohol. I break out in handcuffs.” Mr. Downey Jr. is a clean and sober man and so much better for it. He credits having done yoga, a lot of kung-fu, and his wife Susan Levin to helping him stay sober since…