Recovery for mental health is a process of empowerment, self-actualization, and growth. Taking on the huge task of treatment and recovery is no small feat! Help yourself feel empowered in your journey with these simple practices. Forget Perfectionism Perfect simply… Read More ›
Category: Recovery
Starting the 12 Steps This January
12 months in a year. 12 steps in the 12 step program. Coincidence? In the beginning of Alcoholics Anonymous, meetings were held for newcomers to the program called “beginners meetings”. The point of the beginner’s meetings was to get the… Read More ›
Millennials Are at a Higher Risk For Addiction
Young people are always at a higher risk for developing addiction. Today, in a marketing centered world, the word addiction is used rather loosely. For the tech-savvy millennial generation, addiction applies to the internet, to smart devices, to food, and… Read More ›
How Do I Choose a Sponsor?
Sponsorship has changed throughout the years since Alcoholics Anonymous was first introduced in 1939. At the time of the founding of AA, the world struggled to find a permanent solution to the problem of alcoholism. Alcoholics were considered insane and… Read More ›
How Do I Find The Right Therapist
Therapy is defined as the “treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder”. Despite the definition, a disorder is not required for therapy. Many people have issues, problems, or difficulties they need to sort out. Working with a psychological professional… Read More ›
How Do I Bring Body Positivity Home?
Ready to change the way you and your loved ones feel about yourself? Follow these 6 suggestions! Have Respect For All Bodies Fighting for body positivity means learning to reframe your way of thinking regarding all bodies. It takes a… Read More ›
Being Suspicious Of Our Pasts
Have you ever been shown a picture or been told a story about the past or your childhood so many times that you start to remember it like your own memory? One day, you’re telling the story to someone else… Read More ›
Do I Have to Live Recovery?
We see them everywhere. Meeting rooms of sober support groups, visiting treatment facilities, staff members at our various treatment centers- people really love being sober. They use AA sayings all day, they speak in recovery cliches, and they’re always talking… Read More ›
Aquatic Therapy Methods For The Winter
We are born out of water. The first nine months of our lives are spent in a warm and comforting waterbed. Water is a natural part of life. Over 75% of the planet is water, as is the human body… Read More ›
Am I Allowed To Feel Sad In Recovery
There is an odd notion upon getting sober that once we are through withdrawals and the drugs have left our system we are immune to any negativity. All the wonderful things of the world we have been missing out on… Read More ›