What Is a Recovery Community?
To understand what a recovery community is, we can start by breaking down the phrase. The...
Read More
Author: TheAviary
Loving Someone in Addiction Recovery
Loving someone in addiction recovery takes a lot of commitment and patience. It is easy to throw...
Read More
What is a Sober Living Environment Like?
This is a common question for many people new to sobriety who have been encouraged to reside in a...
Read More
How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is Used in Addiction Treatment
There are many types of treatments available to individuals suffering from substance use disorder...
Read More
Benefits of Meditation in Addiction Recovery
A Personal Reflection Prayer and meditation in recovery are critical to my daily life now. Many...
Read More- When It Comes to Your Recovery, Keep Looking Forward
Here’s a question for you: When you think about the next few days or the next few weeks or the next few months or even the next few years, what are you looking forward to? Maybe something immediately springs to mind. An upcoming wedding (yours or someone else’s). A vacation… Read more: When It Comes to Your Recovery, Keep Looking Forward - Don’t Let New Year’s Pressure Upend Your Recovery
Before we go any further, here is an essential reminder: Your most important goal or resolution for the New Year should be to reclaim and/or maintain your sobriety. That is the goal that makes all your other goals possible. With that said, we want to reflect on the tradition of… Read more: Don’t Let New Year’s Pressure Upend Your Recovery - Tips for Introverts in Recovery
It is always tricky to put people into categories. After all, each and every one of us is unique and complex and inconsistent and changing all of the time. Still and all, it can sometimes be useful to think about differences among people by considering characteristics that seem to provide… Read more: Tips for Introverts in Recovery - Don’t Let Fear of the Unknown Keep You Out of Treatment
During his first inaugural address, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously told the nation, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” It is an inspiring line, to be sure. But in our day-to-day lives, we tend to be afraid of all sorts of things. Spiders or heights or… Read more: Don’t Let Fear of the Unknown Keep You Out of Treatment - Mindfulness and Yoga Can Support Your Recovery
When you are in recovery from a substance use disorder, it is extremely important to stay focused on your ongoing and most important goal: staying sober one day at a time. That is easy to say and hard to do. In fact, with so many demands on our attention, your… Read more: Mindfulness and Yoga Can Support Your Recovery