What Is The Cycle Of Acceptance?
Accepting that you have a problem is the first step you can take toward deciding that you want to recover. Acceptance is a hard thing. You may struggle with one of the steps in this cycle or multiple. You may need an extra layer of support during your cycle of acceptance. That’s what we at […]
How Can I Challenge My Negative Thoughts?
Everyone is plagued by negative thoughts every once in a while. They may be a response to a certain situation, like failing a big test or not getting that job promotion. We can usually get past these thoughts by telling ourselves we did our best or that it wasn’t meant to be. Most of us […]
DBT Skill: The 3 Minds
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) focuses on the present moment. Mindfulness can be helpful for individuals with depression, anxiety, a substance use disorder, or even someone without a mental illness! Everyone has mental health to nurture, and practicing mindfulness helps you do that. During mindfulness, you are focused on the present moment — what you are […]
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
There are many forms of therapy out there for people dealing with substance use disorders. Certain therapies work for some people, while others might not. If you are struggling with finding “the right type of therapy,” it is important to try out different types. There is no “one size fits all” when it comes to […]
What Does “It Takes What It Takes” Mean?
Recovery has sayings and slogans that make people want to roll their eyes when they hear them over and over. What usually happens is that over time someone will have an ah-ha moment where they realize that annoying statement actually makes some sense to them. They finally get the drift of how the cliché will […]
How Long Should You Wait Before You Start Dating?
Most experts recommend that you have at least a year of sobriety before you start dating again. This can seem like an unbearably long time to some people. And relationships often form during treatment or 12-step meetings. However tempting these relationships might be, there are some very good reasons to hold off on romantic entanglements […]
How Can We Reprogram Our Minds to Beat Our Addictions?
One of the things we learn as we’re working to recover from addiction and mental illness is just how powerful our subconscious minds are. Our subconscious holds all of our emotional information and memory. This means all of our fears, our wounds and our memories of trauma are all stored there. The subconscious mind governs […]
How Can We Learn to Forgive Ourselves?
Those of us struggling with addiction and mental health issues often share a lack of self-forgiveness in common. We have a very hard time moving past the things we’ve done wrong. We haven’t come to a place of acceptance about our mistakes, shortcomings and wrongdoings. We carry the heavy weight of shame with us for […]
Tips for Handling Ghosting and Gaslighting in Recovery
Ghosting makes you disappear. Gaslighting can make you feel like you’re going crazy. There are no rules on how to behave it seems these days. That’s the reason why gaslighting and ghosting provoke powerful emotions and responses in people. Handling it in recovery is another story. Find out why responding well to this issue is […]
How to Take a Leave From Work for Short-Term Rehab
Addiction is a deadly chronic disease that affects virtually every aspect of a person’s life. We tend to associate addiction with the physical and health effects that result from the disease; having a substance abuse problem is known to result in a dramatically weakened immune system, damage to various bodily systems and organs, and significant […]