Category: Recovery

Thanksgiving may be all about showing gratitude for the blessings you’ve been given, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be grateful all year long. Cultivating an attitude of gratitude can play a vital role in the recovery process.   Being Grateful for Sobriety In Alcoholics Anonymous, serenity and gratitude are viewed as the two most important ingredients for success in the 12-Step program. Although everyone’s experience is different, some of the reasons to be grateful for

Neuroplasticity, sometimes called brain plasticity or neural plasticity, refers to the brain’s remarkable ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections. At one point, it was widely believed that the brain’s structure and functions were fixed after a person reached adulthood. Today, however, we now have extensive evidence to support the idea that the brain’s capacity to adapt, change, and rewire its structure and function remains active throughout a person’s life.  Even though it’s

Before you made the decision to seek addiction treatment, you may have used drugs and alcohol to help you cope when you were feeling stressed, upset, angry, or depressed. To move forward with your recovery, you’ll need to come up with alternative coping mechanisms that help you live a wellness-focused lifestyle.  Grounding techniques are simple, evidence-based activities that are used to help people manage overwhelming emotions and stressful situations by encouraging them to focus on

If you’re in recovery from an alcohol use disorder, you may be worried about how you’ll manage social anxiety without drinking. Alcohol is often used as a way to ease nerves in social situations, which is why learning how to manage anxiety and socialize without drinking is an essential part of the recovery process.   Understanding Social Anxiety Disorder Most people feel a little anxious in social situations from time to time. But for some,