While it may look different, the holidays can still be plenty joyful and filled with general merriment even without a drink in your hand. It…
“I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”~ Oscar Wilde…
Earlier this year it was revealed that Zayn Malik struggled with an eating disorder while in the boy band One Direction. With this revelation, people…
“PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.”~ Susan Pease Banitt For those who have experienced a traumatic…
“Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.”~ Jim Rohn Mariah Carey on the radio? Big sales at the store?…
Drug and alcohol addiction is often a hidden problem. Like most diseases, it is at its most dangerous while it festers, undiscovered. That said, addiction…
When those of us with alcohol addiction make decisions while we are drunk, there frequently are unpleasant consequences that haunt us even when we are sober.…
“I am a rock. I am an Island.” ~ lyrics from Simon & Garfunkel These lyrics from this classic Simon & Garfunkel song while musically…
“Have an attitude of gratitude.” ~ Thomas Merton Gratitude is like the secret ingredient in the recipe to making the perfect meal known as ‘recovery…
Recovering addicts often find the process of becoming and staying sober too hard to do all at once. From this viewpoint, a rather controversial method…