What are the Most Positive Aspects People in Recovery Should Do Everyday?
With any addiction, the main focus is to try and stay sober one day at a time. There are, however, ways to supplement your efforts to remain abstinent that are…
First Date Tips in Sobriety
You have probably heard that you cannot date in the first year of sobriety and that is probably a wise decision, but what do you when you have a year…
What is SMART Recovery?
12-Step programs are the most recognized recovery programs in the United States. Since 1935 thousands of people have become sober from the spiritual program that a 12-Step program promotes. There…
Faith Over Fear
Fear is everywhere and probably a normal part of your daily feelings. You may not be afraid to the extreme that it will stifle your daily activities, but fears crop…
How Self-care Can Make a Difference in Your Recovery
The last thing that you probably wanted to take care of during your addiction is your self-care. Instead of making sure you were fed, bathed, well-rested, or in a safe…
Guidelines to Travel Sober
If you travel often for your job or for your own personal leisure, you may be nervous to do so because you just got sober or are trying to stay…
Summertime Sobriety
Summer is finally here, and you probably want to stay sober through what you perceive as maybe some of the toughest months to not pick up a drink or drug.…
Best Ways to Right Your Wrongs
People hurt each other all the time in a variety of ways. Someone with an addiction especially will probably do many things that hurt their loved ones. Whether it be…
Why Change is Inevitable in Recovery
If you want something you never had, you have to do something you have never done. The point is that if you keep doing what you are doing, you will…
What is Shatterproof?
At the Clinton’s Foundation Health Matters Conference in January of 2013 a vision was pronounced in the name of changing the perception of addiction. Gary Mendell, who survived his son’s…