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It’s not uncommon for people new to recovery to think that once they leave rehab, they can go back to their old lives. Unfortunately, this kind of thinking disregards the underlying reason that led them to become addicted in the first place.Completing Drug and Alcohol Rehab is just the beginning…Completing in-patient rehabilitation is a major...Read More

In order to address the ways we deceive ourselves about sobriety and what it requires, consider a few of these common myths about sobriety. Sobriety requires self-care and diligent self-honesty. If we don’t take steps toward identifying the underlying emotional disturbance, our addiction can shapeshift, leading us to substitute one addiction for another. Sustaining sobriety...Read More

While it’s easy to understand codependency when it comes to substance abuse, it’s sometimes much harder to recognize codependency when it occurs in our relationships. Say you’ve just gotten clean and now you’ve met someone else in recovery who has your world spinning to a new rhythm. The love feels so intense that you wonder...Read More

Getting individuals to grasp new concepts can take a lot of finesse. The goal of motivational interviewing is to move someone from one way of thinking or doing something into a new direction. Change is usually not easy for anyone. Motivational interviewing for addiction treatment is an excellent way to bring about change for someone....Read More

To understand what living amends are is to understand the concept behind amends in a 12 step program. Part of healing the past is owning the wrongs we have made towards people and places while living in our addiction. An amends is not an apology or “I’m sorry” for a wrongdoing. The most widely accepted...Read More

Why does anyone join an alumni program? Do you want to keep in touch with individuals from a school or organization? Maybe you need to be part of something that has given you so much. Maybe you like the socialization aspect of it. Well, individuals in recovery have many of the same reasons for joining...Read More

A Personal Story Being in recovery from alcoholism is not about alcohol at all. The basis of the whole-person care approach to recovery is the underlying factors that drove me to use alcohol as a method to cope with life in general. When I began a 12-step program of recovery almost three years ago, I...Read More

The endless chatter of the mind is one of the most difficult roadblocks in recovery. Most addicted people rely on substance use to quiet that chatter, but sobriety brings massive challenges in coping without self-medication. Meditation is a practice that has been around for many centuries and serves a wide variety of purposes. The most...Read More

Learning about the importance of self-care in addiction recovery has been an unexpected surprise in life. Self-care can be as simple as meeting our basic needs in life–eating, bathing, brushing our teeth, working to meet our financial needs. In my addiction, some of these basic needs were often neglected.Read More