If there’s one thing you learn from working a recovery program, it’s this simple adage: “It works if you work it.” Seems simple enough, right? Just do what your 12-step …
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COVID Relapse: Do I Need to Tell Anyone?
It’s getting closer to the end of 2020, and COVID is still raging stronger than we expected back when this all started back in March. Cases decline enough for us …
Coming Out of the Fog: Drug-Induced Numbness vs. Sober Awareness
Imagine not being able to see. You’re surrounded by a fog that only exists for you. Your arms and legs feel heavy and your body feels weird. It doesn’t exactly ...
Reasons Why People Leave Treatment Early (And How to Prevent It)
If you’ve watched any medical shows, you’ve probably heard the term “AMA” before. It means going against medical advice and it’s a term in real life too. For example, paramedics ...
Poor Self-Esteem: How to Build, Not Break
Self-loathing scratches. But for those who struggle with substance abuse, the instinctual reaction to it is not natural repulsion like we’d expect against the scratches of nails on a chalkboard. …
Willpower Isn’t Enough to Stay Sober
It’s become particularly evident lately that we live in a country which places an exaggerated value on individual choice. The mindset has reached the point of, “Do what you want, ...
What Happens to Recovery After COVID?
Extended solitude changes the way your brain functions. After several months of quarantine, many recovering addicts find themselves returning to old destructive thought patterns that they worked very hard in …
Can Recovering Addicts Be Okay with Being Alone?
Very few people expected quarantine to last as long as it has. The news came about pretty suddenly, and within the same week, states were shuttering down non-essential businesses across …
NCBH Official COVID-19 Guidance for Rehabs
As an essential health service, drug and alcohol rehab becomes even more necessary as many recovering addicts relapse under the stresses of isolation under quarantine. The National Council for Behavioral ...
Handling Isolation and Anxiety During Quarantine
The mind of a recovering addict inevitably wanders to some pretty dark places. That dark path becomes steeper without the reassuring anchors of friends, the fellowship, counselors, or some other ...