Mental health challenges can come out of left field and are very disruptive to our general wellbeing and quality of life. Thankfully, there are many mental health professionals who are trained to provide treatment and support when we hit a rough patch in life. If you or a loved one is dealing with a mental […]
3 Ways to Boost Your Attitude of Gratitude
Addiction recovery is all about healing. The healing process is all encompassing, involving all aspects of the individual’s being, including mind, body, and spirit. One of the best ways to improve the healing process is to practice an “attitude of gratitude.” Adopting a sense of gratitude about the things and people you have in your […]
How to Manage Internal Boundaries in Recovery
When we think about setting boundaries in recovery, we often assume they are related to minimizing or controlling external triggers and situations. Establishing boundaries to protect us from relapse usually involves doing things like avoiding certain toxic relationships, enablers and codependency. When it comes to sustaining long-term sobriety, our internal boundaries are just as important. […]
Four Tips to Stay Connected to a Higher Power
Connection is a fundamental need that all humans share. Unfortunately, when someone is in active addiction, it’s quite common to cut ties with others. We build barriers, isolate ourselves, disconnect from our peers, our family, and even abandon our faith beliefs. The only relationship that matters is the one we have with our substance of […]
The Effects of Loving Someone Who is in Active Addiction
Most of us are familiar with the saying that addiction is a family disease. This is true because no matter how healthy your family systems might be, when one member is struggling with a substance use disorder (SUD), it affects the entire family. When someone you love is battling a SUD, you will find that […]
What’s the Difference Between Being Recovered, Being in Recovery, and Recovering?
Anyone who has suffered an illness or injury will look forward to proclaiming that they have “recovered” once their symptoms have dissipated. We love considering ourselves to be recovered, to have arrived at the much-desired endpoint after overcoming an affliction. However, when it comes to substance use recovery, there is some debate about which term […]