Ten ways Alcoholism Affects your Life
Alcoholism is a serious disease with a wide variety of signs and symptoms. These can be more or less intense depending on how severe the alcohol abuse is, and the frequency and amount of use. [...]
Negative Thinking Impacts More than you Think
When we get caught up in some of the harder times in our lives, there’s a tendency to let negative thinking overpower your mind. Difficult or painful situations tend to create the mental mixture needed [...]
Making Better Choices After Addiction
Making a decision after we battle addiction, can feel surprisingly overwhelming. What if you make the wrong choice? What if your decision triggers a relapse? Even if you feel confident to make a decision, it [...]
How to Overcome Fear in Sobriety
When we first really come into sobriety and we’re in a somewhat delicate state, we’re often overcome with anxiety and fear. Even the smallest stressor or setback make us feel like we’re absolutely bound to [...]
How to Find your Peace
When addiction has you in its vice-like grip, it’s not uncommon for people to do some pretty unspeakable things, in pursuit of or fueled by their substance addiction. People suffering from addiction to drugs or [...]
Gratitude Every Day is Important: Here’s Why
When we’re caught in a cycle of constantly focusing on what’s going wrong, or what isn’t going the way we want, it’s incredibly easy to miss the things that usually mean the most. Things may [...]
Four Ways to Start Rebuilding Trust After Addiction
People who struggle with addiction commonly struggle with lying, due to the way that drugs and alcohol alter brain chemistry. In an effort to protect their ability to use at all costs, the result of [...]
Coping with Cravings
Cravings to return to using drugs or alcohol are one of the most common reasons people relapse in recovery from addiction. No matter how long someone has been clean and sober, triggers can pop up [...]
Communication Skills you Need for Recovery
Getting clean and sober after battling addiction can be a second chance, if you take it seriously. In order for recovery to be a success, it’s best to treat it as a fresh start to [...]
9 Ways your Life will Become Easier When you’re Sober
It can be hard to imagine life after drugs or alcohol, especially early on in treatment and recovery. Living sober is often awkward and even painful at first, but there’s simply no substitute for truly [...]