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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
