Is Your Inner Critic Too Influential? Tackling Negative Self-Talk
The Critic Imagine a theater critic watching a play or musical. The critic is, perhaps, sitting...
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Author: Rob Cline
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Read More- Stay the Course When Surprises Arise
We all get surprised from time to time. Some of those surprises are good (a celebration for your birthday that your friends kept secret, for example); other surprises are bad (a car repair bill significantly higher than you were expecting, for example); and some surprises are just a bit odd… Read more: Stay the Course When Surprises Arise - Six Key Characteristics That Set The Aviary Apart
For years and years now, Mobile On the Run convenience stores in the St. Louis area have been running a promotion that offers reduced prices on beverages when the hometown Cardinals score six runs in a baseball game. The campaign has undergone various permutations over the years, but there was… Read more: Six Key Characteristics That Set The Aviary Apart - You Will Experience Less Stress with Less Mess
How stressed out are you feeling right now? It is an important question for everyone—and particularly important for a person who is in recovery from a substance use disorder. If you are like many people, the answer is probably somewhere between a little and a lot—and it might well edge… Read more: You Will Experience Less Stress with Less Mess - Little Habits Can Help a Lot in Recovery: Part Two
This post is the second and final entry in our short series about little habits that can serve you well in recovery. In the first entry, we identified four such habits: Start Your Morning by Setting Yourself Up for a Good Day Get in (at Least) a Little Exercise Pay… Read more: Little Habits Can Help a Lot in Recovery: Part Two - Little Habits Can Help a Lot in Recovery: Part One
People tend to be focused on the big moments in life. You see this all the time in sports. Many baseball fans would rather see home runs than singles. Many football fans would rather see a long bomb of a pass downfield than a short running play that gains just… Read more: Little Habits Can Help a Lot in Recovery: Part One