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Moving From Zoom Meetings to In-Person Support Groups

people in a support group hugging

Many people began recovery from an addiction to drugs or alcohol in the past year. Lots of them have only known support groups that take place on Zoom and similar meeting programs. However, society has begun to reopen due to the widespread availability of the coronavirus vaccine. As the world opens up, so are support group […]

How to Balance the Demands of Aftercare While Maintaining Sobriety

How to Balance the Demands of Aftercare While Maintaining Sobriety

Once you get sober, there are many factors to balance for continuous sobriety. Aftercare must become a priority on your path to recovery, including the suggestions that come with working a program. With anything, practice is vital for progress, and this is undoubtedly true for using recovery tools for relapse prevention and attempting to demonstrate […]

How Do I Know Who to Reach Out to in Recovery?

How Do I Know Who to Reach Out to in Recovery?

Receiving assistance in recovery is the cornerstone of long-standing sobriety. There are not many people who get sober and stay sober without accepting support from others. Addiction is synonymous with isolation and loneliness, but recovery is equivalent to communion. For recovery to work, you will need to know who you should reach out to and […]

Why Do Commitments Make a Difference in the Quality of Your Sobriety?

Why Do Commitments Make a Difference in the Quality of Your Sobriety?

Recovery programs thrive on the contributions of others who keep the meetings going. Without each other, there would be no real reason to come to meetings. Although, where two or more are gathered is considered a recovery meeting, the meetings where newcomers come for a solution require assistance to keep everyone coming back. Most meetings […]

Why Do I Have to Take Commitments?

Taking Commitments

As you start attending 12-Step meetings, you realize that there is more to the meetings than just showing up. People are there to set up chairs, make coffee, and take on other responsibilities that keep the meeting afloat. You may feel like you are not qualified or ready to take on any of these commitments, […]

How to Feel Safe in a 12-Step Meeting

Going to 12-Step meetings for the first time can be a daunting event for someone who is unsure of what these meetings entail. After learning the ropes of the meetings, you attend, there is nothing worse than someone or something causing undue stress in your comfort zone. Although most people in recovery are coming together […]

I Feel Unmotivated in My Recovery. What Do I Do?

There may come a time in your recovery when you feel like it’s Groundhog Day. You are doing the same thing day in and day out, which can get you to a point of feeling completely unmotivated to do anything at all. The people you are hanging out with may start to get on your […]

Tips for Etiquette at 12-Step Meetings

Tips for Etiquette at 12-Step Meetings

Meetings for a 12-Step program are one of the keys to getting connected in your sobriety. Other people who are also trying to stay sober come to these meetings to get the tools and the solution that they need to better understand their addiction while learning what they need to do to recover from it. […]

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