Whether you’re in early sobriety or long-term recovery, we have tips and tools to help you live your best life.
Recovery is about learning how to live life not just without the use of drugs and alcohol, but also how to deal with the range emotions and feelings we’ve been suppressing for years. The same is true of anxiety: we have to learn how to live with feeling anxious without trying to avoid it.
The cost of leaving 12-step fellowships was losing my in-person community.
If you are currently in recovery or recently left rehab, it may take a while to get your career back on track. Consider the following gigs as a way to make money while you search for job opportunities that get your career back on track in addiction recovery.
The holidays, rather than acting as a time for us to come together, can magnify the ways in which addiction has torn us from friends and family over the years. We have tips on how to navigate heading home for the holidays in early recovery, and some tips for family members and friends hosting someone in early recovery this holiday season.
Many alternatives to rehab are not only affordable and accessible, but also offer evidence to back them up. We have nine alternatives to help you on the path to addiction recovery.
Practicing gratitude in hard times can actually help us the most: we might notice that more things are working for us than against us, and that life might be challenging but it’s a whole lot less challenging than dealing with it while loaded.
Addiction is serious. What’s important to know is that there are other more subtle, telltale signs that a relapse is in the works. What are they? Read on.
The language of addiction is changing, so should the way we identify ourselves in recovery also change?
My annual depression — Seasonal Affective Disorder — has just started to rear its ugly head this week. The hardest part is that I know what I have to do to take care of myself, it just feels impossible to make it happen.
When it comes to recovery from addiction or other mental health issues, the myth of the emotionless man can be especially destructive.
Cold and flu season is upon us. It’s the time of year that we pick up anything from a common cold, to full-blown flu which keeps us in bed for a week. But fear not, there are a host of things you can do to boost your immunity and keep viruses at bay.
Struggling to manage pain in addiction recovery? You aren’t alone, and you do have effective pain management options.
Coping with depression can be a challenging process, especially for those in early recovery. Olivia Pennelle of Liv’s Recovery Kitchen recounts her own experience with depression, and her own strategies for managing it today.
Olivia Pennelle of Liv’s Recovery Kitchen explains why meditation has been one of the transformative tools she’s used in her recovery.
Handling an alcohol-laden work event is tricky in recovery. Lisa Smith, author of 'Girl Walks Out of a Bar,' shares her strategies for attending boozy work events in sobriety.
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