Alexandra Ashe

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, 3 Tips To Deal with Shame In Recovery 1 day, 15 hours ago

Shame in recovery often leads to the blame game

Do you feel shame in recovery? You’re not alone. Most people who enter recovery have a bunch of behaviors and events they wish had never happened. It’s human […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, Is Food Your Cross Addiction 1 week, 5 days ago

Food addiction can be a cross addiction when you stop using drugs and alcohol

Food addiction is a thing, and there’s no blame in how anybody eats or what anybody eats. After all, we all have our weak spots […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, 8 Tips to Cope With Isolation in the Pandemic 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Dealing with Isolation in the Pandemic means connecting every day both inside and out

Dealing with isolation in the pandemic presents a different challenge to different people. Those who tend to isolate in the […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, Healthy Friendships: Good Friend Vs Enabling Friend 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Healthy friendships are positive and satisfying on both sides, but what happens when a good friend is an enabler

Healthy friendships can be tricky. Do you have have best friends that you absolutely adore, but […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, Will Non Alcoholic Drinks Threaten Your Sobriety 3 weeks, 3 days ago

The new explosion of non alcoholic drinks includes gin, whiskey, non alcoholic wine, and every other spirit you can imagine.

Non alcoholic drinks that taste like real spirits are growing in popularity for the […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, What Is Being Sober But Living Dirty 1 month ago

The drugs and alcohol may be gone, but there’s more to being sober than quitting use.

Being sober is a bit more complicated than the sober definition that you find in the dictionary, which is simply: “not […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, Honesty In Sobriety: Key To Real Recovery 1 month ago

Honesty in sobriety is about much more than just stopping the lies told around using

“Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women w […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, Letting Go And Moving On From Toxic Relationships 1 month ago

5 Tips for letting go and moving on when you’re in recovery and toxic relationships have to end

Letting go and moving on from unhealthy relationships begins when you start connecting on an authentic level. […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, The Meaning Of Wellness May Surprise You 1 month, 1 week ago

You hear the term wellness all the time but do you know what it means?

The term “wellness” is trending all over social media. It’s seen in mainstream news, preached by doctors, and commonly compliments a whole […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, Relationships In Quarantine – What can possibly go wrong? 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Relationships in quarantine from the honeymoon phase of togetherness 24/7 to cabin fever, irritations and beyond

Relationships in quarantine are getting ugly. What can you do about it? In the 6 years my […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, What Is CBD Oil 1 month, 2 weeks ago

What is CBD oil and what does it do

CBD oil careened into our lives with a bang, when it was made federally legal toward the end of 2018. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (aka the Farm Bill) legalized […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, Meditation For Beginners 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meditation for beginners gives a background of the practice with the benefits of meditation, the meditation definition and how to meditate

Meditation for beginners opens the door to a new kind of […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, Serenity Is Calm: 5 Ways To Be Serene 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Serenity definition means calm despite the storms while peace means a lack of conflict

Serenity is calm, and we all need it right now. You’ve seen the great leaders of the world demonstrate calmness when it […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, What Is Gaslighting 2 months ago

What is the gaslighting definition and why is gaslighting everywhere in the news and in our lives right now

Gaslighting is a term I heard frequently, but I never took the time to define the gaslighting meaning […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, How To Overcome Self Doubt 2 months ago

Overcoming self doubt is a challenge for everyone, but more so for people in recovery

It’s no secret that overcoming self doubt is something that has to be worked on almost every day if you are in addiction […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, How To Detox From Weed 2 months, 1 week ago

This is your how-to on how to detox from weed

I didn’t think detox from weed was a thing … until I went through it. Back before I got into opiates, I was a major pothead. After my first arrest, I needed to sto […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, Addiction Hurts Families 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Addiction hurts families when celebrations can’t include everyone

Addiction hurts families in ways that make celebrations difficult or impossible, but there are ways to feel better. Each season brings […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, The 7 Stages of Opioid Recovery 3 months ago

Stages of opioid recovery show a timeline for getting healthy

Stages of opioid recovery were not clear to me when I started my journey. I just wanted to stop using. Why is recovery so difficult, and why do so […]

Alexandra Ashe wrote a new post, Opioid Stigma Barrier To Recovery 3 months, 1 week ago

Opioid stigma impacts recovery so profoundly that many people with substance use disorder perish in secret rather than face the shame of trying to get help, and failing. Stigma also prevents family members from […]