Healthy Boundaries Keep Your Recovery Healthy: Here’s How to Do It
Renew yourself every day, they say. It is hard to feel renewed in your mind, body, and spirit when you are in recovery. Everything is shifting, moving, and growing. Healthy boundaries are one of the hardest things to learn in recovery. It is necessary to deal with learning them to avoid getting hurt (or hurting […]
Why Setting Boundaries Helps Protect Mental Health
Boundaries are one way people teach others how to treat them. It communicates how we want to be treated but also what is not considered safe, as a sort of protection for people. It might be hard to set good boundaries with people because it can be easier to brush off behavior that is detrimental […]
What it Means to Be ‘Triggered’
When people talk about being ‘triggered,’ this is usually something psychological and physiological going on in their brains. From a mental health perspective, being ‘triggered’ narrowly refers to the experience of people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experiencing symptoms of a traumatic event after being exposed to a trigger. Triggers are internal or external, including […]
Moving is a Big Life Change: How to Cope Better with Transitions in Recovery
That time of year has come around for many students going back to school. There are the exceptions of little ones not yet ready for school or older students who have graduated onto jobs and careers. That is one transition where a lot of moving happens when graduation comes and students move to college. Perhaps […]
Why is a Sober Living Home a Good Idea?
A sober living home is a space where people can go to heal from addiction in recovery by gaining additional tools for daily living in a supported environment. There is accountability, group work, individual work, and space to get outside of the home to work, recreate, and stay clean and sober. Some people love the […]
These Unexpected Benefits of Sobriety May Help You
Quitting drinking has unexpected, positive benefits. Improved health and the ability to take better care of yourself are just a few. There are myriad benefits if you are looking for them. Learn more about it and how to tap into the benefits of sobriety. Save Money One of the important benefits of sobriety is realizing […]
Shrug Off the Winter Blues in Recovery with These Helpful Tips
Winter is tough for many people, for many reasons. Those in recovery from addiction can feel like it is a difficult season to navigate. ‘Winter blues’ is used to describe a mild form of the seasonal affective disorder that occurs during winter months. Some people experience fatigue, drowsiness, withdrawal from others, and irritability. Many people […]
How to Recognize the Signs of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
It is common for people to have lack of motivation, energy, and joy when darker weather comes and it becomes colder. It can begin to impact daily functioning, influencing their ability to maintain relationships, seek social support, or function in everyday life. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) can be detrimental to recovery unless you know the […]
Seasonal Changes May Impact Addiction So Try These Tips to Stay Sober
Seasonal changes are not just about seasonal affective disorders. It is also about understanding how changes of the season impact mood, behavior, and thought patterns. When people are in recovery and are sober, they may be thinking about how they can get through the day without drinking or using drugs. Seasonal shifts in weather and […]
Is Workaholism Getting in the Way of Recovery?
When it comes to being active and busy, our culture does a great job of that. From sun up to sundown, people are busy running, going places, working, and spending their days going every which direction. Some people actually cut hobbies and everything else out of their schedule to work harder and harder until that […]