Living With Uncertainty When You’re Sober –
Living with uncertainty is stressful. It literally goes against our fundamental human need to feel safe. If you’re someone who also suffers from anxiety, uncertainty...
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Recovery Slogans Let It Begin With Me
Everyone who enters a 12 step program learns some recovery slogans. The idea is that if you say them often enough, you can actually change...
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What’s In Your Recovery First Aid Kit
Addiction is actually the very opposite of taking care of your needs, so we need many tools in our recovery first aid kit. Self care...
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St. Patrick’s Sobriety Survival Guide –
Holiday sobriety is always a challenge. Especially for holidays like St. Patrick’s Day where drinking is ingrained into the holiday festivities. Over the years, we’ve...
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Star Chef On Beating Alcoholism And Sobriety –
From Julia Kramer @ Bon Appetit: A couple weeks ago I interviewed the chef-owners of Joe Beef, David McMillan and Fred Morin, at Books Are...
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Test Your Recovery IQ
We see you out there all across the country. You ARE recovery rock stars who carry the message of hope. You chair meetings, hold your...
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5 Tips To Manage Time
As technology improves, we place more demands on ourselves. We have to do more each day, even each minute. We’re in more places, buying more...
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Creative Tools Improve Recovery –
Were you told to color inside the lines or to lip synch when you sang? When childhood creativity is squelched, the struggle continues into adulthood....
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Recovering from addiction means withdrawing from emotional stress –
From Seth Blais Press Herald: One of the most challenging parts of entering recovery is that you are forced to face the same painful emotions and...
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What Is SMART Recovery –
Countless people have found recovery in 12-step groups. Yet only 1 in 10 people who need treatment for addiction receive it. Is it SMART to try...
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7 Tips for recovery resolutions that stick –
Statistics show that by February, most folks’ new year’s resolutions have failed. Is it a lack of will power? Unrealistic expectations? Too lofty a goal?...
