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Personal Accountability and Long-Term Recovery
Recovering from substance addiction may be hard work but is one of the best things you can do for yourself. It gives you the freedom to gain control of your life, build stronger relationships with you…
Understanding Relapse During Recovery
Recovery is a life-long process. You will face days that are simple and easy and other days that will test you. No matter how diligent and dedicated you are to your recovery, no one is completely invu…
How Your Family Can Help You Through Recovery
When a person suffers from substance addiction, they're not alone in the pain that they're experiencing. Their family and loved ones are also affected by what the addiction is doing to them. Family ca…
Does My Loved One Have a Drug Problem?
It's hard to watch the people we love to become captive to an addiction. It's especially hard because we know that the person is so much more than their addiction. They still have the potential to do…
The Connection Between Depression and Drug Abuse
Studies have found a definite connection between mental illness and the abuse of addictive substances. A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that about 69 percent of all the alcoho…
Understanding REBT for a Lasting Recovery
REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy) is a short-term form of psychotherapy that better helps one understand the unhealthy thoughts and beliefs that contribute to their emotional distress. Once the…
Understanding EDMR for a Lasting Recovery
What is EDMR?
It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Are you familiar with the phrase "toxic positivity"? While there are many benefits to looking for a silver lining in difficult situations, it's not always the best coping strategy. Being authentic and…
Trigger Warnings: When to Listen to Your Gut
Before you made the decision to work on your sobriety, your decisions were most-likely motivated by your desire to acquire and abuse substances. In a way, it was simple because you just wanted to get…
How Can You Better Support a Spouse Living Alcohol Free?
Your relationship is supposed to be a safe space for you and your spouse where you can find comfort and joy in one another. It's important to support one another in any way you can, but there may be t…
Family Addiction Education and Support Webinar
Addiction affects the whole family — not just the person in active addiction. In this webinar, the Renaissance Ranch team walks families through understanding addiction, how to support a loved one in…
LDS PRINCIPLES AND THE 12 STEPS: STEP 12
On your journey to practice the 12 Steps, you have taken a great amount of personal inventory and done your best to right your wrongs and modify your behavior. Step 12 is focused on service, which all…
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