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Detox, Rehab, and a Continuum of Care: A Look at the Three-Part Treatment Program
Sometimes in conversation, you might hear someone use a term or a phrase that you don’t recognize or understand. You might try to get the gist from the context. You might nod as though you understand perfectly. You might do the logical thing and ask the person to...
Finding the Sweet Spot Between Boredom and Burnout
If you have ever played tennis, you are probably familiar with the “sweet spot.” When the ball makes contact with your racket’s sweet spot—right in the middle of the strings with the racket held at the perfect angle—you can feel it. You can hit the ball with both...
This Actually Is a Laughing Matter – Laughter Supports Your Sobriety
You have no doubt heard the saying: “Laughter is the best medicine.” The saying is thought to be an update on a verse found in the Biblical book of Proverbs: “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.” You will note that the...
Once a Parent, Always a Parent: Helping Your Addicted Adult Child
Are You Worried About Your Adult Child? Being a parent is challenging. The challenges start immediately, and they just keep coming as a child turns from infant to toddler to school-aged to adolescent to young adult. Each step along the way brings plenty of joy, of...
Words of Wisdom: Quotes About Facing Challenges and Avoiding Excuses
When Your Inner Voice Is Not On Your Side When you are in the grips of a substance use disorder or struggling to maintain your sobriety in recovery, it is all too easy to get inside your own head. And the things that you might say to yourself are often not helpful at...
When It Comes to Exercise, Little Changes Can Mean a Lot to Your Recovery
Consider Some Situations You have arrived at a busy shopping center. You have been driving up and down the parking lanes for 15 minutes looking for a “good” spot. There are quite a few spots at the far end of the rows—furthest from the door to the building—but you...
Great Recovery Recommendations from ‘The Greatest’
Muhammad Ali Has Great Recovery Recommendations When you think about Muhammad Ali, several things probably come to mind. You will think about boxing, of course. After all, Ali’s nickname was “The Greatest,” and many people believe he was the greatest heavyweight boxer...
You Can Have Faith—Or Not—While Participating in 12-Step Meetings
The 12 Steps & Faith Many people have a sense of what goes on in Alcoholics Anonymous (or similar program) meetings because we see them represented in popular culture with some frequency. For example, it is fairly common knowledge that AA involves “12 steps.” And...
The Masters, the Moderns, and the Recovery-Motivated When It Comes to Mindfulness
Mindfulness Can Support Your Recovery If you are a person in recovery from a substance use disorder, there is a good chance that you have come across a reference or two to the ways in which the practice of mindfulness can support your recovery. There is also a good...
Go Green, Go Lean, and Other Advice for Your Eating Routine
Nutrition Tips for Recovery It probably goes without saying that those in recovery from a substance use disorder should avoid putting drugs or alcohol into their bodies. That, after all, is what it means to maintain one’s sobriety. But while it is pretty easy to...
