When you find out that someone you love is addicted to prescription pills, heroin, alcohol or any other drug, it can be absolutely overwhelming. In some ways, it can feel like the person you know has died, and the person who replaces him or her is a stranger. Whether you’re...
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Lifestyle Changes in Recovery: Rebuilding Family Relationships
Addiction Hurt My Family. What Do I Do? In times of distress, family members typically band together to overcome hardships. Therefore, when addiction tries to abduct a loved one, it can take a village to keep them safe. This article discusses addiction, its effect on family members, and how...
Grief: When Someone you Love Dies in Recovery
In my early days of sobriety, the friendships I made were my lifeline. Standing outside 12-step meetings or hovering over huge platters of fries at diners, we laughed, cried and spilled our darkest secrets. For me, the first time I sat at a diner with a bunch of sober...
MY STORY – BY MASIN INGENTHRON
My story starts like so many others do: I come from a wealthy family, finished high school, went to college, had a fantastic career, made good money, had a big circle of friends, socialized and partied responsibly never thinking that my frame of mind (due to my upbringing and...
Heading Home for the Holidays? Tips for Connecting with Family
Heading home for the holidays in early recovery, or hosting someone in early recovery this holiday season? These tips can help everyone enjoy the holidays together. The holidays are the most wonderful time of the year… Or are they? In early recovery, family relationships can be strained. The holidays,...
Can Religion Play A Role In Recovery From Addiction?
A great post from Addiction Campuses, faith-based recovery centres located in the USA. As a disease that thrives on isolation, addiction will destroy even the most reliable relationships in your life, including your connection with God. “Addiction takes everything away from you, including your faith,” explains Dr. Brooks, Chief...
10 Summer Activities to Help Stay Sober
SUMMER IS HERE (WELL GETTING HERE) AND WE’RE EXCITED! HERE IS OUR TOP TEN LIST FOR AWESOME SOBER SUMMER ACTIVITIES! 1. Volunteer Give back this summer by volunteering at a local charity or organization. You can check out this great website VolunteerMatch.org. Just type in your city and interests and find volunteer...
Making Time: Self-Care When in Recovery
Self-care is extremely important in recovery. It includes the activities you specifically do to maintain your recovery and the things you do just to stay healthy and happy. In reality, there’s no separation between things you do for yourself and things you do for recovery. This might include going...
The Ups and Downs of Solo Travelling in Recovery
A great post written for Cedars CobbleHill on travelling after Rehab: I’m a person in long-term recovery, and I love to travel. I was determined to keep doing it after I got clean. Like everything, it had to be redefined and reworked back into my new sober life. They...
Support: Loving an Addict without Enabling
When you love an addict – whether it is your spouse, family member or friend – it’s only natural to want to help. But how do you draw the line between supporting and enabling? This can result in a multitude of feelings – hurt, sadness, despair, anger – but...