Pick a Path for Dealing with a Substance Use Disorder
Maybe you have read a book—or a number of books—in the popular “Choose Your Own Adventure” series....
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Category: Drug addiction
An Addiction to Xanax is Anything but Calming
Do you ever have the feeling that your brain just cannot slow down? It flits from one thought to...
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Directory of Dangerous Drugs: Part Two
In a recent blog entry, we offered a roundup of several legal drugs that can lead to substance use...
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- 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 - Pick a Path for Dealing with a Substance Use Disorder
Maybe you have read a book—or a number of books—in the popular “Choose Your Own Adventure” series. These books lay out a story for a page or two and then offer the reader a choice. Each choice is followed by a page number: If you want to do X, turn… Read more: Pick a Path for Dealing with a Substance Use Disorder - Goals, Routines, and Flexibility Support Sobriety
There are several ways to think about a hammer. For example, Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame (an inspiration for a series of our blog entries) titled his memoir Every Tool’s a Hammer. On the other hand, in the 1960s, Abraham Maslow (drawing from a thought by Abraham Kaplan) wrote, “it… Read more: Goals, Routines, and Flexibility Support Sobriety - Be Grateful, Mindful, and Hopeful in Recovery
Have you heard of the “negativity bias”? In the aptly named article “What is Negativity Bias?,” Kendra Cherry explains it this way: The negativity bias is our tendency not only to register negative stimuli more readily but also to dwell on these events. Also known as positive-negative asymmetry, this negativity… Read more: Be Grateful, Mindful, and Hopeful in Recovery - Change Your Personal Talking Points with Affirmations
Have you ever noticed how interviews with athletes after a game are all pretty close to the same? No matter what just happened on the court or field or pitch—and no matter whether the player was a winner or a loser—their answers to questions are likely to include statements like:… Read more: Change Your Personal Talking Points with Affirmations