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New Year's Resolutions for Recovery
Addiction recovery is all about setting goals and then working to achieve them, and the New Year brings the perfect opportunity to set some new goals. Some of the traditional New Year's resolutions, l…
Financial Responsibility in Recovery
Becoming financially responsible is an important part of addiction recovery. There's a lot to learn about ourselves and life in general as we manage our assets, so it's no surprise that over ⅔ of Chri…
Gaining Spiritual Strength
Many of the principles and tools of addiction recovery are based around spiritual healing. Giving over your life to a Higher Power, forgiving others and yourself, and praying for strength are just a f…
Advice for Those Supporting an Addict
In parts one and two of this series of posts, we discussed how Elder Holland's talk from the October LDS Conference this year, "Like a Broken Vessel," can help those who are struggling with addiction…
Preventing and Overcoming Relapse
Addiction recovery is a path riddled with fits of progress, and intermittent setbacks and stumbling blocks. In his LDS General Conference talk, "Like a Broken Vessel," Elder Jeffrey R. Holland discuss…
Healing Addiction – A look at How Elder Holland's General Conference talk, "Like a Broken Vessel”
In the October session of the 2013 LDS General Conference, we enjoyed hearing from leaders of the Church on several spiritual topics. One stood out to me most as relevant to the trials of our times. "…
What to Eat in Recovery
Addiction recovery is an emotional and spiritual struggle, but it's a physical one as well. Your body has been broken down throughout your illness, and it needs to be equipped with the proper tools in…
Faith-Based Recovery
We've said a thousand times that addiction treatment can only be successful if the entire person is treated, not just the person's addiction. This is because addiction is a disease that affects every…
Overcoming Mistakes
Past mistakes can weigh on a person in recovery and can make you lose hope in your ability to overcome your addiction. You may begin to feel like you've always made mistakes, and you always will. But…
Making Recovery Comparisons
When you're working with others in recovery who are going through similar struggles to you, it's easy to compare your recovery process to the processes of others. There are times when comparing yourse…
Keeping Promises About Addiction Recovery
- We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
Addiction and Gender-Based Stereotype
There are many factors that contribute to addiction. Some of them are similar across genders, but some are gender specific. Society's different expectations for men and women, the way men and women ha…
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