Feeling disgusted with yourself for your past days of addiction? Do you walk around with a gloomy look on your face, mirroring what you carry inside? Ashamed, guilty, filled with pain and anxiety, torn-up in your guts because you’ve destroyed everything important to you and lost everyone you loved? It’s not a pretty picture, is […]
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September is National Recovery Month. Once called National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, the celebration has trimmed its title while expanding its scope. The month of September is devoted to campaigns which share the message that, when it comes to mental health, prevention works, treatment is effective and people can recover.
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To most of us, vulnerability isn’t a desirable state. We think of vulnerability to disease or attack and assume it’s something that should be avoided at all costs. But according to Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, a speaker, author and research professor at the University of Houston, embracing our vulnerability is an essential skill for a
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Just because you’ve decided to quit drinking and doing drugs, have completed rehab and are now in what’s termed “recovery,” doesn’t mean that you need to resign yourself to living the rest of your life in a ho-hum, boring existence. While you may think that being clean and sober is just plain dull, the truth
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No one wants be addicted, but every addicted person faces fears of recovery. It’s not easy. It doesn’t matter what your addiction: alcoholism, prescription drug addiction, cocaine addiction or even sex addiction. Addiction recovery is a necessity for addicts who want freedom again, but it’s not a choice that is easy to make. And it
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Taking a well-deserved vacation is a time-honored family tradition. But what happens when you’ve gone through rehab for drug or alcohol addiction and think that vacations are pretty much a thing of the past for you? Although the belief is completely mistaken, the reality is that many in recovery think they simply don’t deserve a
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When Daniel Plotkin joined The Recovery Place as a housing support technician in 2009, he didn’t know what a case manager was, much less that he would someday love being one. When he had the opportunity to move into this role, he realized just how important case management is for people struggling with addictions and
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Often, when you struggle with addiction, other aspects of your life fall back and get less or none of your attention. You probably neglected your relationships with family and friends. Your work probably suffered and you may even have lost your job. Young addicts, who should be in school, often end up ignoring their studies
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Being in recovery – aren’t those words wonderful-sounding to your ears? For some, this may be true. But what about for the others who are struggling just to make it through each day? What about those of you who are feeling pretty beat up about the whole process? What can you do to stop taking
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Newcomers to recovery are familiar with the advice to live one day at a time, to be in the present, and to avoid spending precious moments worrying about or living in the past. That all sounds well and good, but when it comes time to actually act on the advice, it may be a lot
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