In the past couple of years there has been a shift in treatment that allows for non-abstinence-based interventions when they are deemed necessary by a medical professional. Prior to the adoption of these maintenance-based interventions (MBI), the addiction recovery culture … Read More
The Four Agreements: Simple Axioms To Live By In Recovery Pt. I
Don Miguel Ruiz released his worldwide best-seller, “The Four Agreements” in 1997, and since then the prescriptions for life that he outlined in this book have been adopted by millions. The widespread acceptance of the tenets laid out in The … Read More
Making Mistakes In Recovery: Part Two Bouncing Back
In our previous blog we discussed making mistakes. We looked at how, as human beings surviving on planet earth, mistakes are in our nature. No matter what we do, how we live, or who we are, at some point in … Read More
Making Mistakes In Recovery
Nobody gets through this life without making a single mistake. We can tell ourselves that over and over again, but it is hard to remember due to our ego. Ego isn’t all about inflation and thinking that we are better … Read More
Where Does it Hurt?- How Your Body Responds to Emotions
Our bodies are capable of handling so much stress. We’ve seen human beings endure absolutely unthinkable physical conditions, illnesses, and more. We’ve seen people hold their physical selves resilient throughout unthinkable stresses, injuries, amputations, cancers, and beyond. This “meat suit” … Read More
Making Sense Of Anxiety In Recovery
Anxiety is one of the more common human experiences, especially today in what is a particularly stressful time of the modern era. Our propensity to anxiety is a matter of both nature versus nurture as human beings on planet earth. … Read More
Why You Need a Personalized Plan for Recovery
Look at a stranger somewhere near by you today and ask yourself this question: what do we have in common? Pick someone who, from the outside, couldn’t look anymore different from you. They aren’t the same gender, they don’t have … Read More
Quality vs. Quantity: Our Kinds Of Relationships Matter
The ego will tell us to have more while the spirit tells us to have more of. A difference between the two sentiments might be hard to detect. If we have more of something, then we must still have more. … Read More
Trusting In Time
Addiction robs us of our ability to trust in just about anything or anyone. The drugs and alcohol we grow addicted to take on a human-like quality and intentionally funnel our trust into only one place- the place of intoxication. … Read More
Hope Is Always Available
Imagine a day that is full of sunshine beaming across a sky clear from the clouds, providing all the warmth and comfort we need. We relish in days like this, even though they are plenty in places like Florida. If … Read More