Gifts of Recovery: Reconnecting with Famil The ‘gifts of recovery’ also called ‘gifts of sobriety’ and ‘promises of sobriety’ are the positive things that happen in our lives once we get clean and sober and work towards bettering ourselves. As long as we keep doing the next right thing, […]
Read more →12 Tools to Have in Your Recovery ‘Toolbox’ By Cheryl Steinberg So, you’ve stopped drinking and drugging. Now what? They say: it’s easy to stop; it’s the staying stopped that takes work. Here are 12 tools to have in your recovery ‘toolbox’ to support you in your recovery and […]
Read more →What Writing Will Do For Your Recovery Author: Justin Mckibben Whoever though that writing would inspire freedom in recovery? I know before getting sober I had no clue the power of the written word, and now I write about recovery for a living! Life can be described […]
Read more →6 Ways to Overcome Fear of Failure Dr. Srini Pillay, Assistant Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School says it best: “People often prepare for failure, but rarely prepare for what they will do when they succeed. Even when we consciously want to be successful, enjoying that success […]
Read more →9 Really Random and Unexpected Perks of Sobriety Author: Justin Mckibben Sobriety, that freedom from drugs and alcohol through the practice of learning, applying, and sharing new principles based on emotional, interpersonal, and spiritual growth provides the addict or alcoholic with gifts often beyond measure. Many of […]
Read more →4 Most Important Coping Skills to Learn in Recovery Author: Justin Mckibben Sobriety is about so much more than being able to stop drinking or using drugs. That is because addiction to drugs and alcohol itself is about so much more than the substances, and has a […]
Read more →12 Steps To Relapse By Cheryl Steinberg As a sort of tongue-in-cheek exercise, a different version of the 12 Steps were written. These steps are basically a guideline of what not to do if you want to stay clean and sober, that is, if you continue to think in […]
Read more →10 Ways Addicts Set Themselves Up for Relapse By Cheryl Steinberg Recovery takes work, there’s no doubt about it. But, even if you are putting in the effort and willingness, there are other things you might be doing that are at odds with maintaining your sober lifestyle. […]
Read more →5 Reasons Recovery is so scary for Prescription Pill Addicts with Legit Medical Problems For those addicts who struggle with the abuse of prescription pills, especially powerful painkillers, it is an uphill battle trying to find treatment and escape out of that vicious cycle and into recovery. […]
Read more →5 Signs of TRUE Emotional Sobriety Author: Justin Mckibben Our emotions are such an important part of who we are and yet they can be our worst enemies at times, especially in recovery. The way we feel can decide how we handle situations and relationships when we […]
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