Can the Myth That Everyone is Doing Better Derail Recovery? Even when it seems you are doing well in recovery, it is easy to think the grass is greener on someone else’s recovery lawn. The myth everyone else is doing better in recovery not only breeds envy, it steals joy from the victories of your…
Why Stigma is Still So Challenging for People in Recovery When you look back on how you used to look and feel when addicted and know your life now, you may wonder what happened. That is the reality of recovery. It can be such a shift from who you were then to who you are…
How Do I Choose a Sober Living House? It is safe to assume that people who struggle on the road to recovery have been waiting a long time to get to a point where they are sober. Maybe several tries to maintain sobriety have kept them from achieving what feels like a lofty goal. It…
How to Make Those Recovery Resolutions Stick in 2019 When a new year begins, people start to think about making commitments and resolutions. Recovery is always a time of processing and evaluating where you are and where you are going. This is the time to improve on that even more by looking over those recovery…