A huge struggle for many after they leave a recovery program is returning to their normal life. Not only is it difficult to remain sober, it can be hard for people in recovery to be independent again and have a job to support themselves. Luckily, many recovery programs teach patients important life skills that they…
Enough is enough. You’ve been using drugs or alcohol for too long, and your substance abuse has led to your friends and family hurting, so much money wasted, and a lot of your time wasted away. Imagine what you could be doing with your life if you weren’t struggling with an addiction. It’s time to…
It can seem impossible to achieve long-term recovery when you’ve been struggling with addiction for years, and in and out of several different rehabs without much success. Tyler was very familiar with this struggle. He entered his first rehab when he was just 21 years old and was addicted to heroin, painkillers, and alcohol for…
Certainly for anyone that has succumbed to alcohol and/or drug addiction, successfully exiting the treatment phase is a cause for feeling that you have made the first major step in the recovery process. Anyone making it to this juncture realizes that there are different challenges that lie ahead because the recovery process is a lifelong…
Since even medical science cannot provide answers that apply universally to those living with addiction, it is still a matter of dealing with the individual rather than relying solely on any group approach. While this ensures the best course for each person seeking their road out of addiction, it requires separating dogmatic beliefs from science…
“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.” ~Honore de Balzac The origins of self-doubt can come from our inner voice or it can come from outside influences such as toxic people that have too much influence in our lives. That negative influence can feed your inner voice, which in turn feeds…
If there’s any way to prove that addiction is an illness that can happen to anyone, regardless of age, class, location, or background, is the fact that some of these celebrities have gone through the same thing that many of our clients are currently struggling with. These three celebrities shared their views with others on…
The journey from addiction to recovery is an arduous one that requires every positive support available to help ease the transition. Friends, loved ones, and therapy coaches will do all within their power to be there with the right words that can bring comfort or steel resolve. These ten quotes are among the many that…
