Why a Good Outlook Matters so Much
You are what you eat. You reap what you sow. What you give is what you get. Chances are, you’ve probably heard one of these phrases used before to explain that the attitude with which [...]
Why You Need to Push Through the Bad Days
Whether you left an addiction treatment program a week ago or a decade ago, chances are by now you’ve experienced both the good days, where it feels like your life may be slowly coming back [...]
How to Rebuild Trust with Loved ones After Addiction
One of the biggest consequences of addiction to drugs or alcohol is the impact it has on your relationships with friends and family. The basis of any healthy relationship is trust, and addiction has the [...]
Seven Ways you can Find a Little Peace Today
Inner peace is usually what we strive for when we do just about anything, whether we realize what we’re looking for or not. Some of our most creative or our most destructive behaviors manifest when [...]
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 [...]
It’s Okay to be Happy in Sobriety
The things we do and say during addiction can haunt us. We may have caused serious, even irreparable damage to our relationships with friends and family, we may have lost a job, even struggled with [...]
Ways Crack Affects your Brain
“Crack is whack”, but exactly how does this crystallized form of cocaine that’s often mixed with baking soda affect our brain? The hardened form of cocaine, named ‘crack’ for the sound it makes when smoking [...]
Do I Have to Cut Ties when a Loved One Won’t get Help?
One of that hardest moments when you are the friend or loved one of someone struggling with an addiction is when the addict person refuses to get help or admit that they have a drug [...]
How to Change Your Perspective on Life
Life can be a bear sometimes. It can be hard, and ugly, and just downright miserable. Especially in today’s world, where news is right at our fingertips, it seems like we’re just constantly swimming in [...]
Are You Anxious or Stressed?
We’ve all experienced stressed in one way or another, whether it’s issues with family or work, or having to make a big decision. The stress from situations like these can feel overwhelming and unending, which [...]