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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What Are Some Things to Keep in Mind About Finances in Recovery?
Money is always important to people, no matter who they are. People need money for all kinds of things; to buy goods and services, to pay bills, to maintain housing and quality of life. Finding a way to budget and manage finances in recovery is another thing, altogether, in recovery. Quite often, people are used […]
What Are Some Steps to Begin Rebuilding Trust After Addiction?
Life has its ups and downs. It is hard to think clearly sometimes about what to do. Often, the top priority is to regain the trust of loved ones. It is important to make amends with family and friends while having them feel you are worthy of trust. This is no easy feat. your loved […]
Why Do Healthy Relationships Matter in Recovery?
Relationships can bring lots of goodness to a person’s life. They can provide space to be vulnerable, feel safe, and are also effective in healing people in recovery. Healthy relationships are the cornerstone of any recovery. They matter in recovery because it is hard to repair and find new relationships once some of the bridges […]
Don’t Overlook the Benefits of Joining a Sober Community
The short-lived highs that people seek out often come back to haunt them. In time, addiction will take a toll on the mind and body to the point it will be difficult to find space to heal without quitting. It might mean actually going to rehab and admitting a problem exists, not just quitting cold […]
These 3 Tips Can Improve Your Focus in Recovery
Recovery is about taking life one step at a time. Working towards recovery is like setting goals that never end. There is always more to do and more things to work on to keep going. It can feel hard to focus after a while because it seems like it takes all your concentration just to […]
What Foods Have Healing Properties in Recovery?
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 drugs they are taking, and so the vitamins and minerals are not properly absorbed by […]
Is Relaxation Important for Healing?
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 to figure out what keeps people feeling healthy, sober, and clean. It requires self-awareness to […]