Enjoy More Summer Holidays in Recovery with These 5 Tips Recovery can be tough at any season, including holidays. When people are in recovery, they are doing their best to stay clean and sober, but life. Life throws triggers, cravings, and other stressors into the mix that makes it really hard to feel like sobriety…
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Why Self-Care is Far from Selfish – It’s Necessary Addiction does not hold back when it comes to ravaging people’s lives. It can take over anyone’s life to the point where they suddenly care for little else but finding more drugs, drinking more, or put themselves and others at risk. In recovery, there is a…
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How Can I Make Mornings More Mindful with Deliberate Action Steps? Getting the morning off to a good start is a hard thing to do for some people. They simply don’t feel like getting up, are tired, have not slept well, or are struggling with what to do once they are up to make it…
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Is it Too Late to Apologize? There is much to be said about apologizing to people, only too little too late. Sometimes, it feels like apologizing for things in the past is irrational. What good can come from basically saying ‘I’m sorry,’ but for something so long ago memories get clouded by time. When offering…
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Traveling to Rehab Comes with Challenges But May Be More Beneficial in the End When addiction is out of control, the best way to get help is through professional treatment and rehab programs. There are specialized ones that treat executives with the care and confidentiality they deserve. Traveling from work and home may be difficult,…
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How Can I Cultivate Courage? One way to cultivate courage when you feel like recovery has you down is to consider how you got to this point. There were many barriers on the way to recovery and many things that could have stopped you or your loved one from getting here. Courage is about facing…
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Reducing Feelings of Anger Can Boost Recovery: Here’s Why Anger is a feeling that does not just pop up at any time. It usually lies under the surface and threatens to awaken when something triggers a person. Understanding why anger happens is only part of the journey of getting to the root cause of this…
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Why Do People in Recovery Have Fatigue? Addiction recovery is difficult and requires lots of time to focus on the issues the person is facing. The body is changing rapidly as detox happens and everything is adjusting to not having drugs in the system. Addiction and recovery are challenging because they tax a person’s emotional,…
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Why Men Who Struggle with Body Image and Food Need Support Men and boys often struggle in the shadows with mental and physical health concerns. It is still stigmatizing for males to come out and speak about their anxiety and depression, or focus on their health. They can easily fall into body image issues, which…
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Try These Helpful Tips on Handling a Public Panic Attack Panic attacks can range from mild to severe for people who suffer symptoms. Some people have multiple episodes while others may experience them once in a while. No matter the frequency or intensity, they can be scary for those who experience a public display of…
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