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Consider Finding a Recovery Mentor Instead of (or in Addition to) a Sponsor

Consider Finding a Recovery Mentor Instead of (or in Addition to) a Sponsor

by Rob Cline | Mar 11, 2023 | Addiction, Families in Recovery, Recovery

We have devoted a couple of recent blog entries to sponsors. We considered what a person in recovery from a substance use disorder should look for in a sponsor, and we made some suggestions for ending a relationship with a sponsor when things don’t seem to be working...
Perhaps a Pet Would be Purr-fect for Your Recovery

Perhaps a Pet Would be Purr-fect for Your Recovery

by Rob Cline | Mar 2, 2023 | Families in Recovery, Recovery

A recent episode of the podcast Now & Then titled “Horses, Cats, and Chickens: Animal Power and Us” has us thinking about pets. In the episode, the two historians who host Now & Then—Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman—explore the many roles animals have...
Working Out the Ways Your Work Can Threaten Your Sobriety

Working Out the Ways Your Work Can Threaten Your Sobriety

by Rob Cline | Dec 24, 2022 | Addiction, Families in Recovery

Many people get great satisfaction from their work. They find their job meaningful, challenging, and rewarding. Other people find their work to be nothing but a slog. They dread going to work, they are bored at work, and they complain about work to anyone who will...
Ernst Trail – A Natural Metaphor for the Recovery Journey

Ernst Trail – A Natural Metaphor for the Recovery Journey

by Rob Cline | Nov 16, 2022 | Families in Recovery, Recovery

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...
Relapse Is Not the End of Recovery – And You Can Quote Us

Relapse Is Not the End of Recovery – And You Can Quote Us

by Rob Cline | Oct 28, 2022 | Families in Recovery, Recovery

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

Getting Your Goals In Line with Your Values – and with Your Sobriety

by Rob Cline | Oct 14, 2022 | Families in Recovery, Recovery

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...
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  • Stick it to Stigmas Around Substance Use Disorders February 15, 2023
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