The Betty Ford Institute defines recovery as “a voluntarily maintained lifestyle composed characterized by sobriety, personal health, and citizenship.” Sobriety refers to the act of refraining from using substances which are not prescribed to you by a doctor. Personal health refers to taking care of your mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. Citizenship refers to the […]

It is fairly easy to stay on track with our goals while we are feeling good, and easy to stay sober while life is going exactly how we’ve planned it. The thing about life, though, is that it rarely unfolds in a perfect way. Days and years are spent doing things we’d rather not do. […]

January 1st, 2020, wasn’t an ordinary New Year’s Day. We didn’t simply start a new year with the event of it. Depending on how you look at it, one can say we’ve begun the journey of a whole, new, decade. We have entered another phase of our lives, and with this new beginning comes the […]

Anyone who has viewed a big, red, button with the words “Don’t Touch!” posted over it knows that telling ourselves not to do something is difficult. The thing that we are prohibited from can become the only thing that we think about. Our time and energy will be spent on avoiding that negative behavior, and […]

The party atmosphere on New Year’s Eve comes from bidding the past year goodbye, while looking forward to the adventures of the next year to come. For a person in recovery, that past year may have consisted of struggles with substance abuse and addiction. After battling those habits to get where you are now, you […]

Our current culture is keen on promoting the idea that sex and gender differences are a myth. While it is true that stereotypical roles for males and females have been changing for years, there still exists social and biological differences between the sexes. Growing up as a female involves situations that males will not ever […]

As history teaches us, early humans existed in small, nomadic, groups. Hunters and gatherers lived off of the food that was made available by nature, and found shelter in the landscape. The conditions of being subject to the elements of nature could be harsh, and members of a clan learned to depend on one another […]

The concept of a sober living home originated in California, and the amount of options and locations which are available in other states have continued to grow since that time. The justification behind the existence of this type of support involves the idea that environmental exposure and social connection are leading factors in success – […]

While it is true that we live in a world where the lines between what it means to be male or female are blurring, there is no point in denying that there are genetic, and cultural, differences which still exist. Unless you are one who is caught up in the current trend of dismissing any […]