The secret to a successful recovery isn’t just to stop using: It’s to create a new life where it’s harder to turn back to your old way and easier to move forward. Without letting go to your old life, you will find it more difficult to accept the support...
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7 Spiritual Principles to Help In Recovery
Drug and alcohol addiction affects more than just your social and family life. It affects all aspects of your health as well. If you have considered entering a recovery program, you may have wondered how you will be able to remain sober after completing the treatment. Many addictions are...
Good Grief: Navigating Loss When Battling Addiction & Recovery
When a loved one passes away, most people will fall into a state of depression. Anger and aggression is common, and many will lash out at those around them. These are normal stages as it is a time of high sensitivity and intense pain. However, for someone battling addiction and in...
Pins & Needles: Acupuncture in Addiction Recovery.
Acupuncture has been widely accepted as a safe treatment for chronic pain, relief of asthma, arthritis, nausea, and morning sickness by medical professionals across the globe for generations. But once brushed off by the Western medical community as a recovery method, acupuncture therapy is now being used as a...
Volunteering: Supporting your Recovery Journey
Helping others can be a wonderful way to reduce isolation and loneliness, work on social skills in a low stress environment and feel like a valued and valuable member of the community. And these are all important to anyone struggling with addiction. And deciding to make a change. Volunteering...
10 Signs of a Potential Relapse.
When you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, having a loving support group of individuals who are highly committed to recovery and sobriety is important. Friends and family can help make recovery treatment successful and can also act as ‘watchmen’ on the road to recovery. Relapse is...
Overcoming Addiction: How to Seek Help
Originally posted by Fizznich @ Always new You Battling an addiction is both scary and overwhelming. We struggle to get past what binds us, but often times it can seem impossible. Learn why overcoming addiction is so difficult. Through the experience of others you can learn how to free...
Revolution Recovery volunteering in their community
Clients at Revolution Recovery, a drug and alcohol treatment center in Surrey, British Columbia have been contributing to their community by volunteering at Salvation Army thrift stores. Men and women from Revolution Recovery have been spending their Saturdays volunteering at their local Salvation Army as a way of reintegrating...
Michelle Johnston is excited about her future for the first time in her life, thanks to Revolution Recovery
FOCUS: Feet on the ground of addiction treatment weigh in on Surrey recovery homes While there are some recovery homes changing lives in Surrey, it’s estimated 65 per cent of them are exploiting a vulnerable population. Recognizing this, Surrey may use business licensing to take control of the issue....
Surrey City Council says Revolution Recovery is positively contributing to it’s neighbourhood
In an article found in the December 2nd issue of the Surrey Now local newspaper, Surrey City Council member Mike Starchuk shares his views and visions for the future of recovery homes in the Surrey area. He mentions only one by name, Revolution Recovery. He is quoted as saying...