Financial Planning: Building Your First Budget! For many men and women who are recently in recovery or finishing treatment, financial concerns can be high. Stresses from debt, or large bills can cause anxiety which leads down a path of negativity.…
AA, or Alcoholic's Anonymous, is a very popular program of recovery. AA is a 12-step program, meaning you follow or "work" the 12-steps of Alcoholic's Anonymous upon entrance into the program. The 12-steps are your guide to recovering from alcoholism.…
‘Those times when you get up early and you work hard, those times when you stay up late and you work hard, those times when you don't feel like working, you're too tired, you don't want to push yourself, but…
From my experience in recovery, especially early recovery, holidays can be like walking through a mine field. IEDs everywhere: flame throwers, snipers, relatives throwing grenades. People can tell you a hundred different ways, tips, tricks, but what worked for me…
Generally speaking, the goal for anyone in recovery is to maintain their sobriety for the long-term. Everyone knows that it begins with stopping the addictive substances, but how do we continue to be successful in the long-term? Setting yourself up…
Alcoholics Anonymous or AA, is the de facto 12-step fellowship for those recovering from substance use disorder, alcoholism and addiction. Exposure to the fellowship usually begins in treatment, and for good reason. AA has been around since 1935 and has…
Detoxing from drugs and alcohol can not only be dangerous, but under certain circumstances, deadly. For most, the first step when you stop using drugs and alcohol is a medical detox. Not only does a medical detox keep you safe…
It’s a common misconception that sobriety simply means not using drugs and alcohol. While technically correct by definition, in circles of recovery, most would agree that there is far more to sobriety than not using substances anymore. In fact, getting…
Anyone who has been a part of a 12-step fellowship knows, there is far more to the typical hour-long meeting. There is the customary hour-long meeting of course, where you might hear a speaker or perhaps share on a topic…
Often during addiction treatment, guests will face many emotions and thoughts that they haven't in years. One of the greatest gifts of sobriety is your clarity of mind, but being lucid can also feel like a curse if you are…