How Community Can Help Your Recovery

How Community Can Help Your Recovery

Addiction recovery is a journey to a better life, full of both challenges and victories. It’s a personal journey, but not one that can be taken alone. You need a community of support, meaning people who are with you to handle the challenges and to celebrate the...
How Addiction Affects Your Sleep

How Addiction Affects Your Sleep

Addiction affects the body and mind in a host of different ways, including the disruption of normal sleep patterns. This can create a vicious cycle of insomnia and poor sleep quality, and subsequently using drugs or alcohol to get to sleep, or to be more alert during...
5 Practical Ways You Can Lower Your Stress During Recovery

5 Practical Ways You Can Lower Your Stress During Recovery

Everyone experiences stress sometimes, but people in recovery can be particularly sensitive to stress and stressful situations. Knowing how to manage it is critical to reducing the risk of relapse, and to maintaining sobriety long-term. Fortunately, several practical...
How Forgiveness Can Help Your Recovery Journey

How Forgiveness Can Help Your Recovery Journey

During recovery, it’s common to experience a lot of emotions that you probably didn’t experience during active addiction. Resentment and anger are often some of those emotions, aimed at people in the past who may have harmed you or caused you trauma. You may also feel...
Setting Healthy Boundaries with Technology During Recovery

Setting Healthy Boundaries with Technology During Recovery

Recovery is a lifelong process, and a continuous struggle to fight temptations. The digital world has tools that can help you, but it can also be a source of stress and triggers for relapse. That’s why it’s important to set boundaries with technology so that you can...