3 Day Detox.  What is it and why now? Why indeed. This is the highest calorie consumption time of the year. It doesn’t just start with Thanksgiving. It starts with Halloween and everything falls apart after that. […]

Give the gift of hope to a child coping with addiction, divorce, or emotional abuse this season. You can help a child you love begin to thrive with a new coloring book designed to reassure and empower. Just in […]

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Nine years ago Reach Out Recovery (ROR) launched an innovative magazine-style website that started small. We were thrilled with every milestone as our audience steadily grew. With […]

Patience for recovery is something we don’t talk about much. Having a chronic, progressive, relapsing brain disease (or Substance Use Disorder) sounds pretty serious, and it is. The reality in a nutshell is that […]

Gaslighting is manipulation like when someone, or something, attempts to change reality by presenting alternate facts. Fake news is a political form of gaslighting, but gaslighting is very personal when it happens […]

Drink water to balance your blood sugar. What? You’ve heard people tell you to drink water before, but why does drinking water help to balance your blood sugar? It’s the first step to stop snacking all day on your […]

Depression is one of the most common mental health illnesses in the United States, affecting about 26 percent of adultsTrusted Source. Depression is technically a mental disorder, but it also affects your […]

Wondering how to get sober? Maybe you’ve been considering quitting drinking for a while, but now you’re ready to take the first step. Getting sober is both a physical change and a psychological one. You know tha […]

Have you noticed that you have mood habits? When you wake up, you have certain feelings that may repeat themselves through the day? You’re happy and serene. You’re agitated from the get-go. You’re immed […]

I was a sober curious mom before it was a thing. It’s still not quite a thing, but maybe we can make it one. I was a mom whose life was changed forever by teen substance and alcohol use. Angry, sad, scared, […]

There are ways to get and stay happy, no matter what’s
happening in your life. Really. You see articles about this all the time. In
fact, I’ve been writing about it for decades because I’ve always wanted to
kn […]

There are some very real challenges to dating in recovery from Substance Use Disorder (SUD). This is the official name for addiction. Remember that substance use changes brain function. SUD is defined as a […]

Guess what? There’s a reason some people have the sadness
habit. Do you worry a lot? Do you feel awful when there’s no immediate reason
for it? Do you consistently wake up with a feeling of unease? The sad […]

Want to restore your wasted energy? Start by refocusing your monkey brain. Monkey brain is a term for repetitive thinking that uses up energy or fuels negative feelings without solution. There’s a difference b […]

Getting what you want requires more than wishing, hoping, and praying. People say that recovery operates by some universal law. Just when you become ready for that something you desperately need, it shows up. […]

Need help calming down? This recovery activity book soothes and reinforces recovery principles while you learn a new way to think. Recovery literacy is necessary for the whole family to heal.  Find Your True […]