Category: Sober Lifestyle

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Using Journaling to Promote Emotional Awareness in Recovery

Journal writing is a free, portable, and private way to develop a better understanding of your emotions as you build the foundation for lasting addiction recovery. When you write in a journal as part of your daily routine, you are working to restore your mind and body to a more balanced and healthy state.   Benefits of Journaling Journaling offers a number of benefits during the early stages of your sobriety. For example, journaling helps

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8 New Year’s Resolutions for People in Recovery

Setting New Year’s resolutions is more than just a fun tradition. If you take the time to create actionable goals for yourself, your New Year’s resolutions can be an important tool in promoting a lasting recovery.   Using the SMART Goals Framework Most New Year’s resolutions fail because they are too vague or the person making the resolution hasn’t thought about how to achieve their goal. For example, “get in shape” could mean anything from

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