Addiction Treatment in Iowa: Articles & Blog Posts
Just the Essentials: The Power of Essential Oils in Recovery and Sobriety
The Power of Essential Oils If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably dodged more than one essential oil (EO) sales...
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...
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...
Stimulating Creativity in Recovery
Creativity & Substance Use: Myths There’s this myth that consuming substances like marijuana, psychedelics, or club drugs gets our creative...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Coffee, Cigarettes, and Self-Care in Recovery
Self-Care in Recovery Let’s imagine that or a loved one have entered treatment with us at St. Gregory’s. You’ve detoxed,...