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This Important Message About Sponsors
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you have seen us note time and time again that it is extremely difficult to regain your sobriety on your own. Efforts to give up drugs or alcohol often lead to withdrawal symptoms that are difficult to withstand, and so you...
Faith, Religion, or Spirituality: What You Need in Recovery
Do you consider yourself a person of faith? What religion, if any, would you say you are part of? Is spirituality an important part of your life? These are big—and personal—questions. And sometimes, they are questions that get tangled up in conversations about getting and staying sober. So let’s take...
The Benefits of Pets for People in Recovery
People in recovery from a substance use disorder can often benefit—like all of us can, really—from some unconditional love. That kind of love can be hard to come by sometimes, but one reliable source of it might be an animal—whether that turns out to be a dog, a cat, a...
Good Communication Skills Help Reduce Stress in Recovery
Do you ever get the feeling that no one in your life really understands you? Maybe it feels like no one understands the challenges you are facing. Maybe it feels like no one you work with understands how valuable you are to the team. Maybe it feels like your partner...
Three Steps to Recovery
Three Steps to Recovery: Detox, Rehab, and a Continuum of Care It’s always good to have a plan. Have you ever had a big goal? Maybe you wanted to get promoted or to earn an advanced...
Hit the Books to Better Understand Addiction and Recovery
We are so glad you come to our blog to get information about substance use disorders, treatment, and the recovery journey. But, of course, this blog is not the only place you can turn to when you are hoping to get a better understanding of these topics. As Reading Rainbow...
We Urge You to Avoid Overdoses by Reclaiming Your Sobriety
Overdoses Can Be Deadly—Whether Intentional or Accidental Whenever and wherever drugs or alcohol can be found, those who encounter them are at risk of an overdose. That is true if the user is a small child or mentally impaired adult who consumes a substance by mistake. It is true if...
How Hobbies Help Support Sobriety
Imagine that you have checked off every single item on your to-do list. No one is expecting you anywhere for hours and hours. You find yourself with uninterrupted time to yourself. What would you do with that time? (For this exercise, let’s take napping off the table—though we’d be lying...
Step By Step Toward a Substance Use Disorder
The Path to a Substance Use Disorder is Well Worn Back when the New Kids on the Block were, in fact, new and kids, the popular boy band had a hit called “Step by Step.” The song suggested that the boys in the group had a step-by-step plan for romance....
Legal is Not the Same as Safe When it Comes to Drugs and Alcohol
Legal is Not the Same as Safe When it Comes to Drugs and Alcohol. In the popular imagination, the idea of a “drug addict” generally calls to mind someone who is using illicit drugs—the kinds of substances that must be acquired in secret from sketchy sources. Alternately (especially given the...