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7 Simple Ways to Manage Depression in Recovery

Recovering from a substance use disorder can be traumatic and difficult on its own but suffering from a mood disorder like depression wil...

How to Plan for a Sober Summer Vacation

Whether you’ve been sober for a few months or even a year, planning your first vacation after rehab can be intimidating. Most people can ...

How to Deal with Cravings in Early Recovery

Whether you’ve detoxed on your own or are moving into recovery after going through professional treatment, cravings are an aspect of reco...

Importance of Proper Nutrition in Recovery

Whether you’re just beginning your journey into recovery or are well on your way, taking care of your physical health is an important par...

How to Replace Addiction with a New Passion

Recovering from an addiction is a long process. While the initial aspect of detoxing and recovering from physical dependency is relativel...

7 Ways to Deal with Grief and Loss in Recovery

As addicts, many of us use substances such as drugs and alcohol to self-medicate, to avoid feeling stress and pain, and to dull emotions....

Balancing Motherhood and Addiction Recovery

Struggling with an addiction is difficult under any circumstance, but for a parent, that struggle becomes much harder. In addition to man...

How Children of Addicts Hurt, Heal and Grow

It was late in the evening — the light from the television screen dimly enveloped the plain, desolate living room — and the sound of Bill...

Seven Common Relapse Triggers in Addiction

Addiction is an insidious disease. It will take advantage of any possible opportunity to sneak up on you. Relapse may seem common, but be...

The Importance of Giving Back in Recovery

Recovery from addiction is a beautiful, wonderful thing. The people you meet along the way, the struggles you can overcome and the lesson...

How to Stay Clean and Sober Over the Holidays

If you’ve recently gone through recovery and are now clean or sober, the holidays may be a worrying time. For many, the holidays don’t re...

The Benefits of Pet-Friendly Treatment and Recovery

Pets really are man's best friend! Pets, whether a dog, cat or another creature, can provide us humans with many different benefits. Did ...

Addiction Affects Everyone — Even Your Favorite Celebrities

For those who are struggling with an addiction, there are many who struggle alone. With the often negative stigma from our society that s...

7 Ways to Maintain Your Sobriety in College

Whether you’ve struggled with substance abuse in the past or are concerned about drug and alcohol use in your college, going to college d...

Will Exercise Help You in Your Addiction Recovery?

As human beings, we know that exercise is an extremely beneficial, healthy component that we can each add to our lives. Exercise has the ...

Do I Really Need a Sponsor in Recovery?

It took me six years and twice as many ultimatums to finally get the courage to walk into an AA meeting. Fortunately, no one seemed to ha...

American Chains, Walmart and Sam's Club, Take Action Against Opioid Epidemic

https://apprisshealth.com/solutions/narxcare/ Did you know that the opioid epidemic is at an all-time high in The United States?According...

8 Ways to Maintain an Attitude of Gratitude in Addiction Recovery

Gratitude is an intrinsic element to many forms of addiction recovery. Whether you're attending AA, any form of 12-Step, or science-based...

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