Developing a strong and consistent routine can restabilize and revolutionize recovery, especially if done in early recovery. While it will take some time, practice, modification, and repetition, the payoff of having established self-care routines and set activities can transform your life! Predictability can be healing after a life of chaos, uncertainty, and instability. Structure. can […]
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Having Hard Conversations in Recovery: Is It Kind, Is It True, Is It Necessary?
Very few people enjoy confrontation, the word itself has a negative connotation. There seems to be a full spectrum of the ability to even do it. Some people find it to be easy when necessary and others shy away from it entirely, but regardless of where they fall on that scale, it’s rarely something anyone […]
Made a Decision: The Choice to Get and Stay Sober
The rise of intervention-based reality TV has created a false notion in the realm of substance use disorders and recovery: that a person must reach a “bottom” or the end of the road before they are willing to get sober. While it’s true that family members and loved ones should set and hold onto healthy […]