In the standardized sequence of different levels of care within addiction treatment, after completing detoxification and inpatient treatment (typically lasting about 30 days), the next and last step in the process is moving into a sober living environment. Because of … Read More
The Fundamentals of Clean Eating
Because early recovery generally requires and entails that we formulate new behaviors and perspectives that we serve as guideposts for healthy living, we can turn our attention to a facet that is often important to the newly sober individual, learning … 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
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
If You Capture Your Addiction, It Can’t Chase You
There’s a sentiment in recovery that always sounds ridiculous at first. No matter how many times you hear someone describe this idea, a part of you thinks to yourself, “That’s ridiculous”. The sentiment goes something like this: While you get … 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
You Don’t Need Luck to Stay Sober this St. Patty’s Day
The American calendar year is riddled with holidays both big and small that come with a lot of drinking. Whether we have a day off work or an entire cultural celebration, we tend to go overboard with the party compensation. … Read More
Not the Inheritance I Hoped For: When Adult Children Become Addicts
If our parents have lived with a mental illness of any kind, we are four to five times more likely to develop a mental illness of our own. Addiction and alcoholism are mental illnesses, called substance use disorders by technical … Read More
What If I Can’t?
Negative thought patterns are something we’re all too familiar with as men in recovery. It was negative thought patterns which likely took us down a rabbit hole of trouble in our using. I can’t do anything right, I’ll never get … Read More
Mindfulness As Moderation
The author and playwright Oscar Wilde was known for creating infuriatingly witty banter in his dialogues. In his life outside of his writing, Wilde was known to speak in similar semantics. One of his more famous quotes is “Everything in … Read More