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*Photo by Danielle MacInnes on Unsplash Everybody’s recovery experience is different, but one thing is almost certain - a pretty significant lifestyle change occurs when we get clean and sober. Not only are we no longer drinking and using, but over time, many of us find that the things...
Photo credit: Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash “Creation gave us instincts for a purpose. Without them, we wouldn't be complete human beings. If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no survival....
*Image credit: Suzanne D. Williams One thing that no one really tells you when you first get clean and sober, or at least no one told me, is that it’s not just about giving up drinking and using (or sex, gambling, etc.). It’s that we grow....
Asking for help is one of the most challenging things many of us will face when we first get clean, and often throughout our recovery journey. Do the famous last words, “I’ve got this!” sound familiar to anyone? The thing is, if we’re die-hard addicts,...
If you’ve been in recovery for any period of time, you’ve likely dealt with unpleasant experiences and difficult emotions. Feeling uncomfortable in recovery sucks and there are no two ways around it. Not only are we facing something we don't want to deal with, but we...
It’s fairly common in early recovery to start hearing people talk about the concept of a higher power, and how we can turn all of our problems over to this ambiguous entity. This is particularly true in twelve-step programs like AA and NA, and it...
I’ll never forget my early recovery days, and I’ll always remember thinking that I could never in a million years be as happy as some of my fellows in the program that had long-term sobriety. For the record, I maintain my recovery through AA, which...
While internet addiction isn’t formally recognized as an addiction, and there are a variety of different definitions floating around out there, it’s still something to be addressed. It also can behave similarly to a variety of process addictions, like compulsive gambling, sex and love addiction,...
Let’s talk about feelings – a dreaded or celebrated topic depending on who you talk to, or perhaps even more dependent on when you’re talking to them. Our emotions are constantly shifting, and for many of us in recovery, it can seem like our feelings...
Ah, sobriety, and the freedom that comes along with not being tethered to the bottle, the powder, the spliff, the compulsive behavior - whatever it is, you’ve managed to successfully set that substance or habit aside. Maybe it’s been a week, or a month, or...