Many of us who suffer from addiction also experience body image issues, often perpetuated by mainstream media. This is a look into the painful causes of body image issues and the importance of embracing radical self-love. As we know, our addictions are often accompanied by mental illnesses, and they are connected and linked to one […]
Category: Resource Center
Is It Helpful to Stay in Touch with Our Treatment Center?
When we’re in recovery, it’s important to give thought to planning our after-care regimen. We don’t want to fall into the trap of thinking that our work is done once we’ve finished treatment. In fact, our recovery journey is lifelong, and we’ll want to bolster our recovery with as much support and as many resources […]
What Our Obsessive Thoughts Have to Teach Us
Obsessive thoughts are painful and consuming. However, if we tune into what they’re truly trying to say, we stand to learn a lot about ourselves and our addictions. Many of us with addiction and mental illness struggle with obsessive thinking, and it can be debilitating and painful, to say the least. We might obsess endlessly […]
Empty Affirmations
Our positive affirmations might not work if we doubt their healing power. Here’s how to turn empty affirmations into powerful healing tools. One of the holistic healing tools prescribed most often is the act of repeating affirmations, which are statements and mantras that can work to reprogram our subconscious minds. We’re taught the importance of […]
When We Replace Our Addictions with Unhealthy Anxiety Responses
It’s common to replace one addictive behavior with another. This is a dive into some unhealthy anxiety responses and ways to avoid them. Sometimes in recovery, we find that we’re ultimately replacing one addiction with another, and using unhealthy coping strategies for our anxiety to replace our addictive drugs of choice. We might stop drinking […]
The Need for Self-Expression
A look at the various ways addiction can impact modes of self-expression. Recovery helps us realize how important creativity and expression truly are. Our struggles with addiction and mental health issues can cause us to stifle parts of ourselves that were once integral to our lives. We suppress certain qualities or interests out of pain […]
How is the Idea of Fearlessness Harmful?
If you’re struggling with thoughts of suicide, PLEASE call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255). As we’re working to get stronger, and as we’re healing ourselves mentally, emotionally and spiritually, some of our most challenging work revolves around our fears and how we deal with them. Upon examining our addictive patterns more closely, many […]
Recovery for Loved Ones of Addicts
Recovery is not just for addicts. It’s important that we look at our own health and well-being and find recovery, healing, and peace. When our loved ones are struggling with addiction, we obviously have the desire to help them. It’s so difficult to see the people we care about in pain. However, it’s easy to […]
Can a Recovery Coach Help Me?
Our recovery program can include multiple components to help us get well, and one that is growing in popularity is working with a recovery coach. Our treatment usually includes therapy, most commonly psychotherapy, traditional talk-therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapies. As treatment centers are taking on even more holistic approaches to recovery, they’re incorporating recovery coaches […]
Why is it So Common to Lose Friends in Recovery?
There are countless challenges we face in recovery, and one of the hardest for many of us is the fact that we end up losing friendships that were very important to us. Why is losing friends such a common part of recovery for so many of us? There are many different reasons why this can […]