How to Say ‘No Thanks’ When Out with Friends Going out with friends and socializing in recovery can bring up all kinds of triggers. A common situation may include a barbecue, gathering, or event where there is alcohol being served. By accepting the invitation, there is a chance someone may offer a drink and a…
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What Willingness to Recover Has to Do With Healing Nobody can be forced to recover from addiction. The first step to healing is admitting a problem exists, followed by the second step, which is the willingness to receive treatment. Addiction steals many things from a person’s life, but it can be the will and desire…
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Why Empathy is a Critical Skill to Hone in Recovery Empathy does not come easy to some people. It can be hard to experience what other people experience in their human condition. When you continue to develop the ability to empathize, you learn how to put yourself in others’ shoes but you don’t always know…
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Why is Sobriety a Gift? Getting to recovery is a journey made of many smaller steps. Sobriety in itself is a gift because it keeps reminding you that you made it here from where you were. Even if that was yesterday, you are one step closer to your goal of being away from drugs and…
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The Mental Health Benefits of Bird Watching May Surprise You Watching birds may not be high on your list of things to do on any given day. However, if you stop to look around, you might notice some interesting things about birds as they flit around your yard, sit in trees, or even chase each…
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Why it May Be Time to Try Horticultural Therapy Gardening and getting your hands dirty may not be the first thing you think about when considering therapy. Yet, from prisoners to survivors with PTSD and other people who struggle with addiction, horticultural therapy is helping heal old wounds. The focus on planting and seeing something…
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What is a Live-in Sober Coach and Can it Help People in Recovery? A new way to hold people accountable in recovery has emerged that challenges the idea of how to maintain sobriety every day. Professionals who have a higher income are seeking sober companions who live in their homes as a coach and support…
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How to Let the Power of Uncertainty Strengthen Resolve After Addiction Getting into a certain rhythm with our days is a great pattern to embrace in recovery. Taking time to breathe, walk outside, focus with intention on healing are ways to let the troubles of the world roll off our backs and create space for…
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Don’t Let Resentment Curtail Recovery: Try These 4 Tips Instead Resentment comes from feeling anger and fear, a combination which can take recovery off the rails without conscious thought. Anger can take place at any point in a person’s recovery towards any person, place, or thing but resentment builds and starts to impact all areas…
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Why Values Are Important to Living Sober and Clean Personal values come from a person’s deep intentions about how they want to live their lives. They are important to how you set goals in recovery and find success. Values can influence behavior, thoughts, feelings, choices, and how you live out your life in sobriety. If…
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