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How Exercise Can Help Addiction Recovery

By Chris Jansen ARTICLE OVERVIEW: This article reviews the benefits of exercise during addiction recovery….to give you some extra motivation to get your heart pumping! ESTIMATED READING TIME: 5 minutes TABLE OF CONTENTS Balance in the Body Why Exercise? Benefits Kinds of Exercise Finding Peace Your Questions Balance in the Body Addiction recovery is all… Continue reading How Exercise Can Help Addiction Recovery

Man Says Addiction Was Harder Than 200-Foot Fall

“I’m determined to stay sober and to help someone. Every bad experience in your life can turn into an opportunity, and this is, like, a golden opportunity,” the man said. Twenty-one-year-old Daniel Henderson was out enjoying a spring hike in Utah last March when he took an ill-fated step.  “The trail just happened to be… Continue reading Man Says Addiction Was Harder Than 200-Foot Fall

How To Avoid Relapse During the Holidays

ARTICLE OVERVIEW: You can stay sober this season with the help of these tips and tricks. Here are some great ways to stay sober and enjoy the holidays. ESTIMATED READING TIME: 5 MINUTES TABLE OF CONTENTS: Make a Plan Healthy Diet Stress Relief Bring Support Stay Connected Your Questions There is great news for recovering… Continue reading How To Avoid Relapse During the Holidays

One Simple Decision: Gratitude and Sorrow

My sobriety cost too much; I have always believed this and now, after 15 consecutive years, I am sure that I always will believe this. It’s eight o’clock in the morning and I am sitting at the desk in my office. I’m not at work officially yet, won’t be for another hour or so. Then… Continue reading One Simple Decision: Gratitude and Sorrow

Black Hawk Down Hero Fights For Veterans With Addiction

The retired hero discusses the turning point that led him to become an advocate for veterans with addiction in a recent interview.  Heroes come in many forms, and now a soldier who fought in the battle documented forever in its namesake movie—Black Hawk Down—is finding himself a different kind of hero than he once was.… Continue reading Black Hawk Down Hero Fights For Veterans With Addiction

7 Tips for Building Your Addiction Recovery Support Network

Support and Addiction Recovery Recovery brings about a lot of changes in your life, including who you surround yourself with. It is critical that you reevaluate your current relationships and cut ties with anyone who is not supportive of your new sober lifestyle. While this might diminish your social circle, do not get discouraged. Forming… Continue reading 7 Tips for Building Your Addiction Recovery Support Network

Trauma and Addiction Recovery Workbook [BOOK REVIEW]

Trauma Is Personal Trauma isn’t just a buzzword in addiction treatment. It’s a reality that many men, women, young adults, and children face … every day. Trauma can take the form of a life-changing event. Psychology Today explains trauma as the result of ”any distressing or life-threatening event”. Trauma is usually caused by an external… Continue reading Trauma and Addiction Recovery Workbook [BOOK REVIEW]

Change is Strange: Coping with Change in Addiction Recovery

What Are “Changes”? For the past several months I have been experiencing a lot of change. But what does that mean? I’ve been asking some questions: What do we mean by change? How do we view change? What does change do to us? Simply defined, change is, “the act of making or becoming different.” Those… Continue reading Change is Strange: Coping with Change in Addiction Recovery

Beautiful Boy: An Interview with Nic Sheff

“A really cool expression of the family bond in the film is how the love survives everything that the disease can throw at it. Despite so much trauma, at the very end, you see that that core love never goes away.”The journey from addiction to recovery is a personal one, with details usually confined to… Continue reading Beautiful Boy: An Interview with Nic Sheff

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