Part of the false romanticism about addiction is that our creative limits are only as high as we are. Coming out of a residential setting and back out into the world where your addiction flourished, being creative might be the … Read More
The Dangers of Feeling Invincible
When we enter recovery, life can feel as if it’s been turned on its head. Everything is upside-down and we’re scrambling to figure out what to do and how to respond. Our brains are in the process of changing and … Read More
Neuroplasticity and Recovery
Neuroplasticity is a term that refers to the changeability and adaptability of the brain throughout one’s life. It’s a word that’s getting a lot of attention lately, and for good reason. Researches consistently discover new and exciting information about how … Read More
The Fall Equinox and Recovery: A Metaphor
The fall equinox, also called the autumnal equinox, will happen on September 23rd this year. This celestial event happens once a year and signals the beginning of autumn in the northern hemisphere. There are four solar checkpoints throughout the year … Read More
Being A Lifelong Student: The Beginner’s Mind in Recovery
In recovery, we’re often told to avoid complacency. When we get complacent, we live in a state of thinking that we know everything. This is dangerous to our recovery journey, as recovery is a process that needs us to be … Read More
Kinds of Energy Healing and How They Can Help in Recovery
Energy healing is becoming more and more mainstream for healing symptoms of addiction, withdrawal, and detox, as well as supporting recovery longterm. The term “energy healing” can seem frightening or abstract. It can be defined as a kind of healing … Read More
Making The Most Of The Sunshine
For many months of the year, life in Oregon is dreary and without much sunshine. It’s finally June and the sunshine is once again available to us. Let’s make the most of it while it’s here. Getting adequate sunshine is … Read More
The Alchemy of Recovery
Alchemy is a process of transformation. Historically, it was the precursor to chemistry. The alchemical process involves the desire to turn ordinary metals into gold using a series of distillations. It’s a magical process of transmutation and transformation, one that … Read More
Fostering Unconditional Love
“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth ‘you owe me’. Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky”. – Hafiz Living in a state of unconditional love is a spiritual … 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