healthy coping skills

Developing Healthy Coping Skills in Recovery

Addiction Treatment, Life in Recovery, Recovery, Relapse and Recovery, Sobriety, Treatment

Life is challenging, with numerous stressors affecting most people each day. For people with addiction, it’s difficult to manage those stressors without healthy coping skills. Anyone can benefit from developing more effective ways for managing stress, addiction cravings, and mental health disorders. For those in recovery, doing so is even more important. At Oceanfront Recovery,…

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Making Habits into Goals for Recovery

Addiction Treatment, Dual Diagnosis, Life in Recovery, Relapse and Recovery, Residential Treatment Program, Sobriety, Substance Abuse

A bad habit is a hard thing to break. Habits are deep, complex relationships and associations in the brain. If habits were simple relationships they would be easier to become aware of, stop, and change. In many ways, drug and alcohol addiction is a habit. A part learning process, part compulsion, part memory, the routines…