Detachment is an opportunity for growth

Detachment is an opportunity for growth for so many reasons, even though at times it may seem downright cruel to turn away from helping. If it’s easy for me to wash the […]

Family can be your deepest heartach

Family can be your deepest heartache because it’s not supposed to be that way. We just got a note from a reader who said his sister was telling lies about him and wanted to […]

An unsafe environment to disagree is anywhere you can’t be your true self. It’s a fact that disagreeing with your boss is not a good idea when he likes things done his/her own way. You may not want to […]

We talk about narcissism and gaslighting all the time, so when we found this clip, we knew it had to be shared. Perhaps you have experience with arguing with a narcissistic husband or wife. Maybe you already know […]

I never thought about resentments before addiction came into my life. That doesn’t mean I didn’t have painful feelings about a variety of family issues over the years. But resentment, as the driving motivation for […]

Would you love to restore precious relationships that have been destroyed by addiction? So did I. In the high school years of my loved one’s substance use, all I wanted was for it to stop. I did what many p […]

Destructive conditioning, on many levels, is making it impossible to halt the addiction epidemic. Even though we have Covid 19 as a new health threat to the nation, the addiction epidemic is still with us, […]

Ghosting is shunning taken to a whole new level in the digital age. Isolating and ignoring people has been used since forever by regimes and religious groups use to control the beliefs and behavior of its members. […]

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. […]

Recovery coloring book for kids? It’s a first. Every child experiencing trauma needs a special vocabulary and story for comfort. This engaging new coloring book was designed to reassure and empower children with […]

Our books help your children

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 […]

Want to know what happens to your brain when you start skipping meals to lose weight? Brain fog, irritability, and finally downright rage. Why does this happen? You’re not losing weight, you’re starving your […]

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 adults. Depression is technically a mental disorder, but it also affects your physical health and […]

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? Sometimes you’re happy and serene. Or you may be agitated from the get-go. Then […]

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, […]