Keeping an “Attitude of Gratitude”

Keeping an “Attitude of Gratitude”

When you first start out on your journey in recovery, it’s easy to feel negative. After all, you didn’t get clean because life was full of happiness and joy. You hit a bottom, whether it was emotional or physical. But early recovery can be scary and full of ups and...
Making New Friends in Recovery

Making New Friends in Recovery

When you first got sober, you probably were told to stay away from old people and places. Hanging out with your old drinking or using friends is a temptation that’s usually not worth taking. (Old places are probably a trigger, too.) You can’t go back to the bar or the...
10 Simple Self-Care Activities in Early Recovery

10 Simple Self-Care Activities in Early Recovery

When in active addiction, one of the first things people lose is the ability to care for themselves. Whether it’s physically, emotionally, or spiritually, a substance abuse disorder takes up more and more time in your life. Other priorities fall away. Addiction lies...
Dealing with Triggers When You Get Home

Dealing with Triggers When You Get Home

Drug treatment offers a home away from home where you can grow as a person while you adjust to being substance-free. Recovery gives you new coping skills and the ability to use new tools when you’re in an uncomfortable situation. You’ve probably learned a lot about...
3 Signs You Are Enabling Your Loved One

3 Signs You Are Enabling Your Loved One

In recovery and the mental health community, the term “enabling” is often used to describe behavior that helps a person stay sick instead of getting well. For example, a person who has a mental health disorder may have somebody make excuses for them...