In a society in which momentary happiness and immediate gratification are paramount, it can be difficult to navigate through a landscape where one is searching for a deeply rich transformational experience. In order to make a proper distinction, we can … Read More
The Illusion of Control
The attempt to exercise control over various aspects of our lives is a natural and rational response to the realization that the world is chaotic and unpredictable. When we perceive that things are moving into a state of chaos, our … Read More
Catching Our Catastrophizing
Most people who are familiar with addiction are aware that individuals who suffer from the disease, very often, have histories of traumatic experiences. We can think of trauma as an event that took place which literally shattered the foundations upon … Read More
The Seduction of Social Media
Before diving into the potential dangers associated with social media, it should be understood that this is not a suggestion to avoid social media platforms altogether, but instead to gain a deeper understanding of how the increasing ubiquitous nature of … Read More
Living Your Best Life and Dispensing With the Rest
Early sobriety is a time for many changes and opportunities; It is the starting point where we make a conscious decision to seek out a new way of living in order to shed our addictive and destructive skins. While early … Read More
The Necessity of Self-Care in Recovery
While the list of things that go out the window during times when we are actively addicted is seemingly endless, self-care is one of the disciplines that is consumed by sheer gravitational pull of the black hole that is addiction. … Read More
Relishing the Little Things
While there are many new qualities and traits that become invaluable upon their adoption in sobriety, in order to reap the full benefit of what true recovery has to offer, we cannot afford to circumvent the process of incorporating patience. … Read More
Incarcerated, In Treatment, or Insane
Carl Rogers, the father of Humanist psychology, identified that a certain psychic change must be made before an individual is able to enter into the therapeutic relationship. He stated that, prior to coming into therapy, the individual needed to first … Read More
Rock Bottom
There has often been an assumption regarding the treatment of addicts whereby we expect that individuals will not become willing to acknowledge and accept the reality of their addiction until they hit “rock bottom”. While this assumption is not true … Read More