It’s Valentine’s Day. Do I Still Have to Wait a Year for a Relationship?

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and having a significant other can suddenly become very important. The problem is that most people suggest that newly sober people wait at least a year to enter a relationship. Why – you ask? Well, there is evidence that people who get into relationships before they are emotionally ready can […]

Esteemable Acts: Self-Care

Once you get into recovery, you may realize that you have to relearn how to implement healthy practices into your life once again such as self-care. People who find themselves with an addiction often do not take care of themselves at all while they are in drinking and using. They would rather maintain their high […]

How Do I Celebrate Valentine’s Day Sober?

One of the best ways to stay sober is trying to not drink and use through any holidays. That means for 365 days straight you would try to stop being under the influence of one holiday to next. Now that Valentine’s Day is so close, you may be terrified as to how in the world […]

Leap Year Means a Bonus Day of Sobriety

Every four years a leap year happens to keep the calendar synchronized with each season. For some people, this means that they may have to wait an extra day to meet their sobriety milestones and for others, they have a bonus day to have another day of being sober, free, and alive.  What is so […]

Does Embracing Your Recovery Program Really Work?

Does Embracing Your Recovery Program Really Work?

When it comes to recovery, learning to embrace the program works better than trying to poke holes in doubt. You may find yourself having difficulty trying to live one day at a time and believing that this too shall pass. What you should know is that you are not the first one to be skeptical […]

Am I Standing in the Way of My Loved One’s Recovery?

Am I Standing in the Way of My Loved One’s Recovery?

Enabling is typically a factor in someone’s recovery which can come in many different forms. From the police officer who lets a driver under the influence go to the store clerk who sells someone who is clearly intoxicated more alcohol, enabling happens all the time. The family is known most commonly as the prime enablers […]

Why Your Suffering Could Be Hope for Someone Else

Why Your Suffering Could Be Hope for Someone Else

Have you ever heard the phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”? This could directly correlate with your recovery. If you share what has happened to you, your insight could spare someone else the misery you have endured. Although this will not happen for everyone, the story you have to tell others could be […]

Why Can’t My Loved One Just Stop Using and Drinking?

Why Can’t My Loved One Just Stop Using and Drinking?

A frequent question that people who do not suffer from an addiction ponder is why someone who does battle addiction will not simply stop drinking and using cold turkey. The obviousness of their awful consequences does not register as to why they would continue to keep doing what they are doing when they keep getting […]

Tips to Prevent the Gifts of the Program Taking You Out

Tips to Prevent the Gifts of the Program Taking You Out

Now that you have been sober for a little bit, you may begin to see things happen that you never thought you would again. The promises of recovery are coming true and the things that made you feel bad about your addiction, seem so far away from where you are at in your life today. […]

How to Endure Pain Now that You are Sober

How to Endure Pain Now that You are Sober

One of the misconceptions people have, when they get sober, is that life will suddenly exist without pain and misery. While this is true to a certain degree, life still happens. Since there is no control over death, sickness, relationships ending, or anything else that causes fear and agony, getting into recovery from drugs and […]

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