Category: Mental Health
Good Mental Health Is a Key to Ongoing Recovery
What are you doing to look after your mental health?That question might surprise you here in a...
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Tips for Introverts in Recovery
It is always tricky to put people into categories. After all, each and every one of us is unique...
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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,...
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Be Grateful, Mindful, and Hopeful in Recovery
Have you heard of the “negativity bias”? In the aptly named article “What is Negativity Bias?,”...
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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?...
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Reflect a Bit in Your Gratitude Journal
A gratitude journal can be a powerful tool for a person in recovery from a substance use disorder....
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An Introduction to The Aviary Recovery Center
Making the choice to get help for a substance use disorder is a wonderful thing. But after you...
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Focusing on the Positive Has a Positive Impact in Recovery
Take a moment to think back on the last couple of days in your life. We are hopeful things have...
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Thumbs Down to Too Much Time on Social Media
Maybe you shared a meme today. Or maybe you reposted a funny one-liner you came across. Perhaps...
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When Hospitalization is Warranted
When Hospitalization is Warranted? Through the years, doctors and experts in the realm of mental...
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The Importance of Your Mental Health in Recovery
From time to time, we all experience unpleasant emotions. We might feel sad or lonely or angry or...
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Setting Boundaries Strengthens Your Recovery
Think of your favorite sport. Odds are good that the playing area for whichever sport you...
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- Group Therapy Provides a Great Group of Benefits Part One: Collective Wisdom and Experience
In the United States, many people believe that “rugged individualism” is (or should be) a defining characteristic of American society. The notion that most people can build a successful life on their own if they work hard and don’t rely on others (including the government) to help them has a… Read more: Group Therapy Provides a Great Group of Benefits Part One: Collective Wisdom and Experience - You Do Not Have to Let Others Yuck Your Yum in Recovery
As we are writing this, a new Star Trek series has arrived. Starfleet Academy features a cast of young people who are part of the first class at the legendary school in generations.As has become predictably common, the new show has raised the ire of those who do not feel… Read more: You Do Not Have to Let Others Yuck Your Yum in Recovery - Good Mental Health Is a Key to Ongoing Recovery
What are you doing to look after your mental health?That question might surprise you here in a blog about substance use disorders, treatment, and recovery. But it shouldn’t.Good mental health is important for everyone—in just the same way that physical health is important for everyone. That said, the stakes around… Read more: Good Mental Health Is a Key to Ongoing Recovery - Recommitting to Routines Is as Important as Resolutions in Recovery
We are writing this post just a couple of days past “Quitter’s Day,” a marker of the day in early January by which most New Year’s resolutions have been abandoned. Maybe you have already experienced this phenomenon—this year or in previous years—and have found yourself discouraged by it. After all,… Read more: Recommitting to Routines Is as Important as Resolutions in Recovery - Gossip Is not Good for Your Recovery
People just love to hear stories about other people. You can clearly see this in the popularity of magazines, internet sites, and television programs (including so-called reality television) that are devoted to giving us a glimpse into the lives of celebrities and folks who hope to become celebrities. You can… Read more: Gossip Is not Good for Your Recovery