How to Help Others in Early Recovery
You will sometimes face situations where your friends or 12-Step peers need your help getting through difficult moments in early recovery. You can support and encourage people who struggle with overcoming substance use disorders (SUDs) and addictive behaviors by using...
Finding and Maintaining Employment After Addiction Recovery
Everyone needs some form of income to pay for bare essentials and costs associated with recovery. Regardless of your current work status, resources exist to provide you with access to job placement services and other financial support to help you...
How-To Steps to Managing Your Sober Life: Finances and Budgeting
Ongoing recovery is not always easy and can come with financial challenges. Do you have minimal experience balancing your finances or difficulty living on a set budget? If so, you may benefit from extra support. Fortunately, many resources exist to...
Your 2022 New Year’s Resolution: Quit Drinking
People often dedicate the first few weeks or months of a new year to bettering themselves or achieving some long-held goal. New Year’s resolutions are a popular form of self-improvement, and they can motivate you to make significant lifestyle changes....
Why Mixing Prescription Drugs with Alcohol Is Dangerous
All too often, we hear about actors, musicians, and other celebrities in the news and tabloids succumbing to overdose due to mixing prescription drugs with alcohol. To name a few, rapper Mac Miller, professional wrestler Chyna, professional ice hockey player...
Steps After Early Recovery: Answering What’s Next?
Every step of your recovery journey is important. From medical rehab to early recovery programs, what comes after helps define your long-term sobriety. Take it from one of our sober living program alumni, Dom M. Before celebrating two years of...
8 Fun Things in Recovery: Nurturing a New Outlook on Life
Fun: What first comes to mind when discussing addiction and recovery? Do you think of addiction as a disease? Are you affected by it? If you believe you are, are you in the mode of finding help? Does getting help...
What Length of Time Is Needed for Addiction Recovery to Work?
Addiction recovery is a lengthy journey. As much as you would like to, you cannot get rid of your addiction overnight. Looking back on your addiction history, how long would you say you have suffered? A year or more? Several?...
5 Challenges Men Fight When in Recovery for Addiction
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports that “males are more likely than women to use almost all types of illicit drugs, and illicit drug use is more likely to result in emergency department visits or overdose deaths for males...
1 Way to Start When Seeking Help NOW for Treatment of Opioid Misuse and Addiction
Seeking Help: Addiction has the potential to ruin lives. If you are able to recover, it can give you a new outlook on life. Arriving at a place of comfort when recovering takes time. Getting there is no easy feat....
