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 …
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 …
Burnout has become a buzzword over the years. It is still not a concept many people can wrap their heads around. Burnout is specifically related to work, and should not be applied to any other life experiences. Some characteristics of …
Staying sober in recovery is difficult. You will meet a lot of professional people in your road to recovery, and they will all want to help you. However, it’s not enough for a person struggling with recovery to be told …
Anyone who has had a substance addiction problem probably has unhealthy habits. Many people with addiction have damaged their short term and long term health as they don’t eat nutritious food. The food they do eat gets counteracted by the …
Being a mother is tough work. There are the long hours, the lack of sleep, the little time for self-care. There are myriad ways for having children make life more challenging. There are also beautiful experiences that cannot be had …
When people think about recovery from addiction, they don’t often think of healing through relaxation. It may never occur to people, in general, to think of relaxation as being part of the self-care work of recovery. It is a journey …
The mind is pretty incredible at coming up with ways to deal with what life throws at you. The body is also good at it, but sometimes it feels pretty horrible. Withdrawal from drugs or alcohol is like that. The …
Drug dreams are not uncommon for people in recovery. Like regular dreams, they are a manifestation of the mind as it works to get rid of the toxic substances built up in the pathways of the brain and body. People …
Our relationship with ourselves and the world around us matter, but not when addiction is at the center. Many people who have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol recognize this challenge. People who have an unhealthy relationship to substances don’t have …
