by Keenen Diamond | Jul 5, 2018 | Life in Recovery, Relapse and Recovery
Leonard Cohen once said, “My mind was always very cluttered, so I took great pains to simplify my environment, because if my environment were half as cluttered as my mind, I wouldn’t be able to make it from room to room.” In early recovery, our minds are often...
by Keenen Diamond | Jul 5, 2018 | Addiction Treatment, Q&A
Addiction is a disease that does not only affect the sufferer; it affects everyone who has a relationship with the person who is addicted. Psychologists view families as “organizations” or “ecosystems” in which each member of the family plays a role. When a member of...
by Keenen Diamond | Jul 4, 2018 | Addiction Treatment, Life in Recovery
Resentment is an everyday occurrence for everyone, whether or not they suffer from addiction or alcoholism. For those in recovery, however, resentment can cause a person to once again seek solace and comfort in drugs and alcohol. Everyone gets upset with others at...
by Keenen Diamond | Jul 4, 2018 | Recovery, Relapse and Recovery
Many recovery programs focus on spirituality as a means of overcoming addiction and maintaining sobriety. 12-Step recovery, for example, focuses on experiencing a spiritual awakening and living a spiritual life to achieve sobriety. Others, like Refuge Recovery, are...
by Keenen Diamond | Jul 3, 2018 | Sobriety, Substance Abuse
Addiction is never cured. Overcoming the disease requires consistent mental and spiritual maintenance. Our nights are yet another time to exercise the recovery practices we have learned as a means of ensuring our sobriety in the day to come. We take the opportunity...
