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Thanksgiving is a Good Reminder that Thankfulness is Good for Your Recovery
Thanksgiving is on its way, and many of us are probably already planning menus, identifying topics of conversation that won’t lead to arguments around the table, and trying to decide if any of our relatives can bring a pie that anyone else will want to eat. It can be...
Ernst Trail – A Natural Metaphor for the Recovery Journey
We commonly talk about recovery from a substance use disorder as a journey. It is a useful metaphor because it highlights the ways in which recovery is always unfurling in front of us and can only be traversed one step at time. In this entry, however, we want to make...
For Recovery and Flexibility, We Propose You Strike a Yoga Pose
When you hear the phrase “strike a pose,” there is a decent chance your mind immediately serves up “Vogue,” the 1990 Madonna classic. The admonitions to “strike a pose” and “vogue” are, of course, most of the substance of the song (along with a list of famous movie...
Relapse Is Not the End of Recovery – And You Can Quote Us
Getting sober is a cause for celebration—and in a perfect world, you would be celebrating a permanent change in your life. For some people, that’s just what happens. They regain their sobriety and then stay sober for the rest of their lives. But that certainly is not...
Getting Your Goals In Line with Your Values – and with Your Sobriety
It is the most exciting moment in a soccer game (and in plenty of other sports, too) ...that moment when the ball (or puck or whatever) slips past the defenders and ends up in the net. An excited commentator will likely yell, “Goal!” Celebrating will commence on the...
You Aren’t Dreaming: Shuteye Supports Your Recovery
Rock-A-Bye Baby for recovery ... Did you have a favorite lullaby as a kid? Or maybe there was a book you loved to have someone read to you over and over at bedtime. Maybe you had a special stuffed animal or an especially comfortable set of pajamas that always seemed...
Four States of Mind That Can Upend Your Recovery
Our minds are busy places, especially during recovery. The thoughts and feelings just keep coming and coming, and sometimes (maybe even most of the time) it feels as though you are not wholly in control of the flow as it rushes by. Many of those thoughts and feelings...
Support from a Sitcom: How Mom Gets Recovery Right
There was a time when Cheers—a show set primarily in a bar in Boston—was at the pinnacle of sitcom popularity. It still holds a pretty prominent place in our collective cultural memory. You can probably at least hum the theme song that touted the benefits of going...
Resilience and Compassion Can Be Keys to Recovery
We like this quote from Sharon Salzberg, a bestselling author and leading figure in the meditation community: “Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others.” There are three key components in the quote—resilience, compassion for...
Smoke and Mirrors: The Pink Cloud and Substitute Addictions Can Be Deceptive
Are you a magic fan? Do you enjoy marveling at illusions created by the likes of David Copperfield or Penn & Teller? Lots of people do, of course—and there is plenty of research that explores why that might be the case. It can be fun to be fooled by a talented...