Navigating boredom in recovery
What makes goal setting successful?
Feeling like the only sober one during the holidays?
How do we reconnect with who we are once sober?
Why do we need support and how do we find it?
What does “real” sobriety look like?
What is the relationship between trauma and addiction?
What does it mean to moderate with substances?
This post talks about the pressure we can put on ourselves and have put upon us by others in sobriety and how to manage that.
The holidays can be hard. Especially when navigating sobriety. This post discusses what makes the holidays difficult and what can be helpful to navigate them without using.
How do we deal with those around us who don't seem to be supportive of the changes we are making in terms of our substance use? This can be challenging and this post offers some ideas about how navigate this situation.
This post discusses how easy it can be to fall into the trap of feeling like all our problems should be solved once we get sober when reality is that life still will have it's challenges.
This post discusses the idea of friendship in recovery and whether having only sober friends in recovery is truly helpful.
This post focuses on stress and the impact stress, and most importantly struggling to acknowledge stress, has on recovery.
Feelings..they can be incredibly hard to deal with. Not having the coping skills to manage feelings effectively can be a large contributor to engaging in addictive behaviors. This posts discusses feelings and the challenges they present.
Relapse is part of the process of recovery for many of us. In this post, I talk about the importance of identifying triggers before a relapse happens and having a solid relapse prevention plan.
