Understanding the changes that need to take place in sobriety is essential to recovery. One of those changes is who you choose to spend your time with. When you were active in your addiction, the friends you hung around with probably drank and used as heavily as you did. You and your drinking and using […]
Tag Archives: recovery
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Oct
Oct
One of the tasks that you will have to accomplish each day in rehab or at a sober living is making your bed. Ever wonder why making your bed is an essential duty to those in the recovery world? The chore itself is menial and effortless unless you toss and turn like a gymnast in […]
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Aug
Aug
On May 10, 1990, at the age of 26, Rob Lowe had finally hit the bottom he needed to kick drugs and alcohol for good. After reaching a pinnacle in his acting career and then going through a sex tape scandal, he had to make significant changes in his life to attain something even more […]
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Aug
Aug
Detoxing from drugs and alcohol has to happen for the first stage of recovery to take place. Many people who hear the word “detox” automatically fear the process of withdrawal, so they try to avoid getting sober all together to prevent their skewed vision of what will take place. The belief is that an individual […]
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Jul
Jul
Rejection, unfortunately, happens to everyone at one time or another. For you, there may be a long history of rejection that has resulted in addictively using drugs and alcohol to cope. During your childhood, there may have been issues beginning in your family of origin that kept you seeking the kind of people who would […]
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Jun
Jun
Many people in recovery have no idea what they like to do anymore now that they are sober. Since drinking alcohol and using drugs became their number one activity, they lost interest in everything else worthwhile to them. Drugs and alcohol change the chemistry in the brain, which also changes how an individual perceives life […]
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Jun
Jun
As your wedding gets closer, you may get anxious thinking about getting married without drugs and alcohol being part of the mix. Whether you are the bride or the groom, having cold feet is part of the normal process of getting married. You are starting a new chapter in your life that changes everything, even […]
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Apr
Apr
If you are reading this and have battled addiction, there is no doubt that you have, at one time or another, felt like you were disappointing someone. Whether you did something inappropriate under the influence, committed a crime, or anything in between, human emotion will provoke disappointment from others based on your alcohol and drug […]
