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Deciding Who to Trust Throughout Your Recovery
Trust is a very complex yet essential value in life, regardless of who you are or what you have been through. That being said, implementing trust back into your life during recovery can seem like too…
Even after recovery, will substance abusers still have urges for the rest of their lives?
Those of us who face addiction know the battle of recovery is not linear. It goes up, down, and sideways, and often takes sudden sharp curves. This begs the question, are addiction cravings permanent?…
Removing the Stigma of Recovery
Recovery is more than mastering the 12 steps or completing all of the program courses. It's gaining confidence in yourself to better understand both the discipline and freedom that stems from the addi…
Why Financial Health Is Crucial to Recovery
Addictions can be difficult enough to work through on their own due to various physical and emotional hardships. Something that can make this process even more difficult is addressing the financial de…
My Loved One Is in Treatment. What Do I Do Now?
When a loved one decides to enter treatment for drug addiction recovery, the process he or she tackles isn't solely their own—it's a feat for the entire family. The spiritual, mental, and physical hea…
Why the Mind, Body, and Spirit Must All Recover
Recovery is a complex, never-ending, yet fulfilling process. Although it is quite common for many people to focus primarily on physical recovery, this is merely one piece of the puzzle. However, this…
May Is Better Sleep Month: Why Basic Rhythms and Routines Aid Recovery
May is Better Sleep Month, which, as you can guess, encourages adults to get enough sleep. But more important than getting those necessary seven to eight hours per night, the focus of Better Sleep Mon…
How to Understand Your Trigger Warnings
While there are many ways to avoid relapsing after completing a program, this does not mean it is any less frightening. Oddly enough, often, those who relapse never enter a situation with the intent t…
How the Church Can Support Your Journey
The Church was established by Jesus as a global resource for the hurting. There would be no outcasts, no outliers, none excluded. On a local level, the church is designed to serve as the center of the…
Learning From and Avoiding Relapse Triggers
Anyone who has gone through an addiction treatment program knows that relapse is always a very real possibility. While the goal is total abstinence from the substance we were once abusing, relapse or…
The Importance and Value of Prioritizing Your Recovery
Obtaining a life of sobriety is something worth celebrating, no matter which phase of the journey you find yourself living. However, when finishing a program after finding sobriety during your time th…
3 Signs of a Healthy Friendship Checklist
One of the more challenging aspects of going through recovery is letting go of negative friendships. Though this transition can be difficult, finding friends that are healthy for you to spend time wit…
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