The Aviary Recovery Center Blog
Do Not Lose Your Hard-Won Sobriety to Languishing
How are you feeling these days? If you are like a lot of people, the long slog of the public health emergency (which, unfortunately, continues) has been hard on you in any number of ways. Your work life has changed (and maybe changed again), dealing with your kids’...
Sometimes Sugar Can Sneak Up On You In Recovery
Sugar Can Be Addictive When we think of sugar, we are generally thinking of something positive. After all, most of us love sweets. And the good associations we have with sugar cause us to use the word in other contexts as well. We use the word as a pet name for a...
Nicotine and Recovery: A Complicated Relationship (But a Breakup Would Be Best)
Here is something pretty obvious: Nicotine is an addictive drug. Here is something else that is pretty obvious: Recovery centers are in the business of helping people give up addictive drugs. And here’s a bit of a conundrum: Some recovery centers—including The Aviary...
Making New Friends in Recovery Means Being Honest in the Early Going
Here’s the scenario: You have been out of treatment for a substance use disorder for a while now. Your recovery journey has not always been easy, but so far you have been able to use the strategies you learned and the resources you gained in residential treatment to...
Addiction Has No Age Limit: A Look at Substance Use Disorders and Senior Citizens
No matter what age you are, life has a way of providing plenty of challenges and stressors that must be managed. Some people make the unfortunate choice to try to manage those things with the “help” of drugs or alcohol. Soon enough, the drug use stops being a choice...
The Best for Vets – Tactical Recovery Provides Real Help for Real Heroes
Those who serve in the armed forces of the United States often have experiences that the rest of us can hardly even imagine. Serving in the military can mean being away from family and friends for extended periods, witnessing and/or experiencing violence (including...
With Friends Like These…How Strong Friendships Support Recovery
Friends Let’s start with some words of wisdom from one of the most famous Friends in the world, Jennifer Aniston: There’s nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing. We agree. And we would argue that this is particularly true when you are in...
Time to Hit the Books: A Mindfulness Reading List
Seems Easy Enough Have you ever watched someone do something and thought to yourself, “Well, that doesn’t look so hard”? Maybe you feel that way about abstract art. Or about free-throw shooting. Or about stacking M&Ms. But there is a good chance that when you try...
All About Ambien—Benefits and Risks Associated with Getting Some Sleep
Troubled Sleep Maybe you have had trouble sleeping for a long time—years even. Or maybe all the stresses of 2020 have made it difficult for you to get a good night’s rest as you worry about the public health emergency and all of the other events this year has...
Help & Hope: How Our Alumni Program Supports Recovery
Jack Rothermich, our alumni coordinator, spoke about the importance of our alumni program on the Show Me St. Louis' 'Help & Hope' segment. The Aviary Recovery Center offers a holistic approach to substance use and mental health treatment. From detoxification to...
