It’s officially the holiday season and you may have several holiday parties coming up on your agenda. Whether it’s a social event for work, with friends, or a family engagement, it can be expected that most holiday parties will involve alcohol.
Category: Recovery
10 Great Sobriety Gift Ideas
Whether you’ve started your holiday shopping or not, the holidays are upon us, and this time of year is all about giving. Giving a gift is a great way to show someone that you care, especially if that someone is facing a particularly difficult season of life.
How to Support Family Members Who Are Recovering Alcoholics
Updated on December 17th, 2020 Addiction recovery is a long-term process and a highly-individualized one at that. No one person’s recovery journey will be identical to another’s, and as a family member or friend of an addicted loved one, it’s important to remember that you play a vital role in this process.
Halloween Sobriety Tips for People in Recovery
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] There are many risk factors that may put a person in recovery at risk for relapse. Most commonly, these risk factors include stress, negative or positive emotions, and certain people, places, or things.1,2 Although these risk factors will vary based on the individual, all people in recovery should know which […]
How to Rebuild Relationships After Rehab
Updated on August 11th, 2020 Addiction is frequently referred to as a family disease because it affects the entire family unit, not just the person who is using drugs or alcohol. Relationships affected by addiction are inevitably damaged as a result, and most often, spouses, parents, children, and friends suffer the most. How Does Addiction […]
5 Apps That Can Help You Stay Accountable to Your Sobriety
Whether you’ve been sober for years or days, everyone struggles sometimes. Recovery is an ongoing process and you may find yourself needing some additional support after completing rehab. Fortunately, there’s an app for just about everything—even sobriety maintenance. While Eudaimonia does not support the idea that an app can take the place of addiction treatment […]
Top 12 Women’s Issues in Addiction Recovery
Women and men use drugs for different reasons, in different ways, experience addiction differently, and even relapse for different reasons. So it’s no surprise that men and women also face different obstacles in early recovery as well.
Dating in Early Sobriety
It’s no secret that the first several months of sober living after rehab are challenging. During this time, people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction face a number of obstacles, from adjusting to sober life and taking on more life responsibilities to coping with triggers and strong cravings.
5 Reasons Students in Recovery are at Risk for Relapse
An estimated 5.3 to 15.3 percent of college students are in recovery.1 These students face many situations, life transitions, and stressors that challenge their sobriety daily. There are several unique factors that make college life especially risky for individuals in early recovery and the following five reasons are some of the main causes of student […]
Journaling for Sobriety
Journaling: A Therapeutic Tool for Addiction Recovery The key to journaling (or therapeutic writing) is that you use it to interpret, understand, and learn from your experiences in life.¹ It’s not enough to just write down your feelings in a notebook each day. Thoughtful and purposeful journaling is what will aid in personal growth and […]
Sober Living in Texas: Importance of Aftercare
Completing a drug and alcohol rehab program is an accomplishment, however, the road to recovery does not end there. Many addicts come to understand that “Recovery “is a lifelong process, and a 30-day stay is not going to cure your addiction. If anything, staying sober inside a drug and alcohol treatment center is easy. No […]