Should You Take the First Step Toward a 12-Step Recovery Program?
Will a 12-Step program work? When you have a problem and are looking around for solutions, there...
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Category: Recovery
Budget Basics for Lowering Stress and Maintaining Sobriety
In principle, we all understand how to handle money. We need to be sure that we have more dollars...
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How Does Your Garden Grow? A Look at Varieties of Therapy (Part Two of Two)
In a recent entry, we asked you to imagine yourself starting a garden—and we pointed out that the...
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How Does Your Garden Grow? A Look at Varieties of Therapy (Part One of Two)
Forgot about therapy for a second. Let’s imagine that you are starting a garden. On the one hand,...
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Staring Down the Scariness of Relapse
Do You Like Scary Movies? When you watch a scary movie, there is almost always a moment when you...
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Three Potentially Unexpected Strategies for Maintaining Your Sobriety
The Typical “Go-To” Strategies for Maintaining Your Sobriety Many of the...
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Four Reasons to Give Up Alcohol and Turn Your Life Around
Give Me One (More) Reason You have probably heard the Tracy Chapman song “Give Me One Reason.” The...
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Boredom Can Be a Devilish Problem for a Person in Recovery
Boredom & Relapse Triggers Have you ever heard the phrase “Idle hands are the devil’s tools”?...
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Whether Legal or Illegal, Marijuana Can Still Be the Cause of a Substance Use Disorder
Marijuana & a Major Shift Arguably, no drug has undergone a greater change in its public...
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Up and Down: A Look at High Achievers, Rock Bottom, and Substance Use Disorders
The Art of Rationalization Most of us are pretty good at rationalization. If there is something...
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Strategies for Curbing Cravings in Recovery
The Curse of Cravings If you have gone through treatment and regained your sobriety, you may be...
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Words Are Sometimes Worse Than Sticks and Stones
Words Can Be Painful You probably know that old saying that is often used to discourage bullies...
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