Why Do I Feel So Impatient in Recovery?
It can be a huge challenge to wait for the recovery to settle into your bones and finally make a modicum of sense. After being used to one way of being, now your body and mind are having to get used to another way of being and how to do things differently. Rather than sit in the feelings, you are [...]
Easy Ways to Maintain Nutrition All Day
Eating healthy everyday should be important to you. You should be getting a mix of carbs, proteins, healthy fats, grains, calcium, and other nutrients. Maintaining your nutrition does not mean that you have to make great sacrifices. Here are some tips of certain changes to make with your meals to ensure you are getting the right amount of nutrients. Start [...]
What Are Some Tips for Keeping Better Boundaries?
Relationship boundaries are the foundation of healthy relationships. Growing up in a family with addictive behaviors, a person can live in a family and struggle with boundaries. The good news is that relational boundaries can be shifted and adjusted with a bit of work. Purposes of Boundaries People hold boundaries in their lives because they serve an important purpose. They [...]
How Can I Get My Social Mojo Back and Stay Sober?
When you are actively in addiction, it feels sometimes easier to be social because you’re around others who are doing similar things and just engaged in doing this activity with people that makes them open up and talk more. Sometimes you drink because it makes it easier to be social and decreases inhibitions. Sometimes addictive behavior is hidden, which keeps [...]
How to Overcome Emotional Neglect
Physical abuse can be easy to detect if you notice a child with constant bruises on themselves. Emotional neglect, on the other hand, is not as noticeable as it is when your parents are not paying attention to you or your feelings for a number of reasons. It is important not to let the way we were treated as children [...]
Are E-Cigarettes a Healthy Alternative to Regular Cigarettes?
The past several years, the rate of cigarette smoking has been shifting away from cigarettes, which are on the decline, to the rise of e-cigarettes. Nicotine is present in both, but in varying levels, depending on what a person smokes. Some studies indicate e-cigarettes are a safer alternative, while others raise serious doubts. It is difficult to know who is [...]
Understanding Enabling Behaviors
It is hard to watch someone you love go through addiction. That addict may come up to you and feel like they will die if they do not get their hands on drugs or alcohol. You need to remember that enabling an addiction is not helping an addict but only making the addiction grow worse. Enabling is when you do [...]
What is the Best Way to Slow Down and Savor the Small Moments?
When it comes to recovery, it is common to feel there is wasted time throughout the years of addiction. Many people spent years, maybe decades, living in a fog. Most likely, people feel they did not live up to their full potential while under the throes of addiction. Some are higher functioning than others, but it can take a lot [...]
Best Morning Routines for Recovery
Being in recovery is a day-by-day work in progress that has good days and bad days. You should always wake up every morning looking forward to what the day may bring. Here are some morning routines you should stick to during your recovery to bring energy and happiness to last you through the day. Your normal morning routine before becoming [...]
How Do I Live with More Integrity After Addiction?
Living with integrity takes work and dedication. It is about being honest and having strong moral principles backing up your hard work and persona. When addiction steals your identity, integrity and morals, it can feel like you are living in an upside down world. Learning to live with more integrity can help you heal and restore peace to your life. [...]