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Yoga as a Recovery Resource
More Than the Marketing If your main exposure to yoga has been through advertisements for yoga clothing or the latest online class, you might view it as just another health craze that pops up every few months--and one that is primarily for people who are already...
Addiction Versus Dependence, and How Addiction Develops
There’s an ongoing misconception that addiction and dependence are one and the same. But while they’re undoubtedly connected, an addiction involves a psychological drive to continue using a substance despite the harmful consequences, while dependence is a purely...
Stimulating Creativity in Recovery
Creativity & Substance Use: Myths There’s this myth that consuming substances like marijuana, psychedelics, or club drugs gets our creative juices flowing. Maybe we can attribute it to all the famous writers--Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Carson...
Self Harm and Addiction: What’s the Connection?
Some fifteen years ago, when I was in middle school, I remember how alarmingly popular it was to “cut.” Cutting was the practice, usually carried out by girls, of making small, superficial but certainly painful cuts on the wrists, arms, or legs: all self-inflicted and...
How to Find the Right Recovery Center for You
Getting Help So you’ve taken a positive step: you’ve decided to get help for your substance abuse disorder, and you’re looking for the right facility to accompany you to sobriety and independence. A simple Google search reveals the large number of drug and alcohol...
Staying Sober and Healthy During Omicron
Addiction Recovery & the Pandemic Here we are, two years into the coronavirus pandemic, and many of us are still working from home, still quarantining as needed, and still doing our best to stay healthy. But even if you’re staying physically well, the pandemic has...
Staying Sober This Valentine’s Day
Valentine's Day Madness Here I am, at 11:00 AM on a Saturday in a grocery store, trying to find hot sauce in an aisle bursting with glittering, plastic hearts and pink-and-white streamers. When I finally push aside the dangling cupid cutout to grab the sriracha, I...
Sleep Hygiene and Its Importance For Your Recovery
Sleep Hygiene & Your Recovery When was the last time you slept for longer than seven consecutive hours? If you can’t remember, then this is the post for you. Most adults need anywhere from seven to nine hours of uninterrupted sleep. During that period of time, the...
Journaling: How It Supports Your Recovery
Journals & Your Recovery Journey Diaries: many of us keep them. Others have never entertained the thought of writing in one. But diaries, or journals, can be wonderful tools for working through intimate feelings, relationships, and anything we feel hesitant to...
Post-acute Withdrawal Syndrome: The Signs & the Solutions
Your loved one has completed treatment for alcohol use disorder and seems committed to living a life of sobriety. However, you start to notice that their behavior seems just as problematic as it did when they were in active addiction. They’re angry or depressed; they...
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