Is Your Recovery Suffering in The Friendship Recession?
If you lived through the 2008 housing crash (or even saw your parents navigate it), you probably remember how unsettling it felt to watch homes, a staple of daily life that felt guaranteed, suddenly become out of reach. For many [...]
Is Medical Marijuana Safe?
Marijuana has been around for thousands of years, but it’s still a topic of heated debates around substance dependency. The research we have on marijuana doesn’t give us clear answers on its overall safety and validity in the recovery process, [...]
Tips For Better Brain Health in Recovery
So much of recovery seems psychological, emotional, and spiritual—but what if simply changing up a few habits that support your brain health made everything a bit easier? The thing is, more and more research suggests that when your brain gets [...]
What Is Integrated Care in Recovery?
What treats your mental, physical, and spiritual health while catering to your recovery, stress management, and real-life responsibilities simultaneously, all without the need to run around to various appointments or constantly explain yourself? A hint: it works best when your [...]
The Importance of Hydration in Recovery
When you don’t drink enough water, stress can feel less like a mosquito buzzing in your ear and more like the painful rage of a thousand stubbed pinky toes. That’s because dehydration can make stressful interactions and triggers feel much [...]
Substance-Free Holiday Tips
Holiday drinking has the pesky talent of creeping in from every angle this time of year, and you might notice it long before the first snowstorm. One moment, you’re anticipating a few days off to enjoy your recovery, and the [...]
Signs of Emotional Fatigue and Tips For Rest
If you’re already in residential treatment—or newly out of it—you might be wondering why you’re breaking down emotionally. When you live with substance use disorder (SUD), the brain’s reward and stress systems often change. For example, alcohol can seem helpful [...]
Next Steps After Relapse
Returning to a behavior you’ve worked to stop, like drinking, using, or gambling, is often called a relapse, and it can feel devastating in the worst of cases and defeating in the best. Still, relapsing may look different for everyone. [...]
The Science Behind Longer Recovery Stays
The process of recovering from substance use disorder (SUD) has no finish line. Understanding that can be overwhelming at first, especially during the early stages of recovery. But the lack of an end date also means that the chances to [...]
How to Make Peace with Your Past
Feeling like you want to run away from your past, especially in recovery, is common. The memories of people you may have hurt, how you might have hurt yourself, and all the other moments you want to forget can be [...]
