RECOVERY
The Journey of Recovery
Recovery is a journey. Here I take a look at many of the different phases a person can experience while living a life free from drugs and alcohol, from where it all begins all the way to long-term recovery.
How We Justify a Relapse and How to Avoid It
The journey to stay sober over drugs and alcohol can have its challenges. We can sometimes fall victim to our own justifications of why it may be okay to go get high again or to maybe just have that “One Drink.”
Finding the Root Cause of the Addiction and Preventing Relapse
I examine the common saying in recovery, “whatever you do, don't pick up” and analyze why it runs so much deeper than simply telling someone not to drink or use.
Artistic Expression in Recovery
In recovery, the need for a healthy outlet is important. The pain and emotions that drugs and alcohol used to mask, represent a void that must be filled, creating a vicious cycle of using, feeling bad, and then using again to feel better. Learning how to replace that cycle with healthy habits is part of recovery, provides self-comfort, and can help contribute to long term sobriety.
Helpful Tips to Support Your Loved One After Leaving Treatment
Helpful Tips to Support Your Loved One After Leaving Treatment
Staying Committed and Making Sacrifices for Lasting Change
At Narconon Suncoast, our program is designed in a step by step approach to handle all aspects of a person’s addiction.
A New Year, a New Hope
The year 2020 is over, and 2021 is officially here.
Is the Twelve Step Model “One Size Fits All”?
Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous remain to be some of the most popular groups in recovery. For as long as the 12-step model has been around, it would make a lot of sense that one and/or both of these groups are usually the first-choice method with someone who is struggling from substance abuse. However, a 12-step program might not always be the best thing for everyone.
Is Addiction Really a Disease?
Instead of viewing addiction as a disease from which one can never recover and that one is powerless over, the answer lies in returning the ability to chose back to the addict. By teaching them life skills and handling cravings, addicts can regain their ability to choose and exercise power over addiction.
Thanksgiving in 2020 and Finding Reasons to Be Thankful
Thanksgiving 2020 may seem like a trivial holiday given all that is going on in the world, but I hope it instead gains value in remembering that for us to recover as a society, we must find the good in all the muck and use it to build a better future.
