The Aviary Recovery Center Blog
The Brief on Grief – Dealing with Intense Emotion During Recovery
Grief is one of the most challenging emotions we can experience. We often associate it with the death of someone we love—and that is certainly one of the most difficult losses. But we can also feel grief about many other things. In fact, the current public health...
Get Your Zzzzzs in Recovery
Do you ever wake up in the morning feeling like you haven’t slept at all? Poor sleep is a common problem for a variety of reasons ranging from sleep apnea to nightmares to partner (or pet) disturbances, and more. Sleep Is Essential Sleep issues are a problem because...
Don’t Put Off Treatment Due to the Public Health Emergency
Is the public health situation related to COVID-19 preventing you from tackling your problems with drugs or alcohol? Are you tempted to just ignore your issues with drugs until this whole virus situation is resolved? Have you found yourself drinking even more than...
Alcohol Awareness Month
April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Sometimes alcohol and the problems it can cause are overshadowed by substances that are deemed “more serious” due to their illegal status. Unfortunately, alcohol is also able to ruin lives, even though it’s easy to purchase legally....
Don’t Trade One Addiction for Another in Recovery
You’ve been through detox. You’ve completed rehab. You’ve headed back into the world determined to stay sober. And then you find yourself at loose ends. It’s an understandable situation. Drinking or drug use probably used to take up a great deal of your time and...
Try, Try Again – A Relapse Is Not the End of Your Recovery Story
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Odds are we could all agree that this is good advice with broad applications. Didn’t win the match this week? Practice some more and try to win the next one. Didn’t hit your sales goal this month? Evaluate your...
Finding Your Creative Soul Can Support Your Recovery Efforts
Many people—including many artists—believe that using drugs or alcohol enhances their creativity. Certainly, there are plenty of legendary examples of artists of various kinds using drugs or alcohol (or both) to excess, and often that substance use gets romanticized...
For Functioning Alcoholics, Everything May Seem Fine—But It Absolutely Isn’t
We probably all have an image of an alcoholic in our mind. Media representations of a typical alcoholic generally feature a person who can barely handle day-to-day life. Perhaps their hygiene has suffered or their finances are in disarray. Maybe they’ve been arrested...
Getting Out Into Nature – A Good Idea for Your Recovery and Your Overall Health
Thinking Back Think of a beautiful moment you have spent in nature. Have you stood by the ocean and watched the waves sweep over the shore? Have you hiked through the forest and discovered a meadow filled with flowers? Have you stood atop a hill—or even a mountain—and...
Understanding—and Avoiding—Overdoses
The use of drugs and alcohol comes with many dangers. Among the most dramatic and dangerous is the risk of overdose—consuming enough of a substance that the user’s body is overwhelmed and unable to cope. An overdose is a life-threatening event that requires immediate...