There’s a lot of risk for relapse hidden in the phone. Your dealer’s number is there. You know how to access them on Facebook. You could call up an old drinking buddy and make plans, without calling anyone else. Silently, on Instagram, you can find illegal drugs for sale. If you are prone to…
DetailsRecovery goes through peaks and valleys, growth periods and plateaus. If you are feeling stuck in your recovery, ask yourself these three questions. What are your values? When we aren’t living according to our values, it can really bring us down. Suppose you really value fairness, honesty, and transparency but you work for a company…
DetailsAt first, it was novel. There’s an app for that. One app at a time, our lives were made easier, more accessible and more manageable by our smart devices in which we could download countless apps for every area of our life. There is an app for just about everything we can imagine, putting our…
DetailsWe have to gain emotional intelligence in order to stay sober. Many treatment centers start their group therapy sessions with a chart. This chart is full of “emojis” faces that are expressing different emotions. Underneath the face is the emotion. The chart is passed around the group of people so everyone can “check in” and…
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Time management is an essential skill for any working man. Creating a balance between personal needs and work needs while maintaining accountability and responsibility to work and relationships takes discipline and smart time management. Addiction and alcoholism are full-time jobs. Prioritizing the brain in such a way that nothing else matters, men who are living…
DetailsCommunication is important in any relationship, personal, with the self, and working. Listening Skills To listen is to give your complete attention to what someone is saying, as well as what someone is not saying. People speak through more than their words. There are nonverbal communication cues as well as meaning hidden within their…
Details“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” This is a popular saying in recovery for people learning to live without addiction to drugs and alcohol. Radical acceptance is a tool that is spiritual and clinical,…
DetailsBoth alcohol and heroin addiction can lead to deadly detox and withdrawals. Mistakenly, people think that avoiding a detox center or medical withdrawal is a better, cheaper option than paying for professional detox. The ultimate cost could be their lives. Detoxing at home from either heroin or alcohol can lead to severe consequences as symptoms…
DetailsYou’re in treatment, working hard every day to learn how to stay sober. Each day- you’re doing it! You’re staying clean and sober while gaining invaluable tools for living a lifestyle of recovery. Though you experience physical cravings and occasional psychological cravings, you really don’t want to use. You’re finding value in recovery. At…
DetailsFrom work to treatment, when we are facing a full day of scheduling and tasks, we experience an afternoon slump. Everyone approaches time and productivity differently. Some people are most productive in the afternoon while other people are more productive first thing in the morning. Typically, for many people, the hours between 2:00-4:00PM are…
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