by Fiona Stockard | Jul 7, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Benefits of Sobriety
Written By: Katie Schipper How Living Your Dreams Can Be a Real Thing! Paralyzing Fear Can Stifle All Dreams Fear is the ultimate culprit when it comes to living your dream. This doesn’t just apply to addicts and alcoholics in early-recovery, it applies to...
by Fiona Stockard | Jun 25, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Katie Schipper Getting Over Depression and Anxiety in Early-Recovery Giving up drugs and alcohol alters our brain chemistry. After all, drugs and booze serve as substitute chemicals, so the brain stops producing its natural ones. It’s going to take a...
by Fiona Stockard | Jun 23, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Katie Schipper Busting the Myths of Quitting Tobacco in Early-Sobriety Giving up drugs and alcohol is hard. If it were easy, then we wouldn’t need treatment, and twelve-step fellowships, and therapy, and IOP, and so on. Getting sober is really hard. Giving...
by Fiona Stockard | Jun 19, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Katie Schipper Romantic Relationships in Sobriety Can Be Healthy! No, but seriously. Wait. That guy/girl/whoever you met in your treatment center/halfway house/that meeting that you can’t live without? You can. Just wait. The crazy thing about waiting is...
by Fiona Stockard | Jun 16, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Katie Schipper Pets Are A Lot Of Work Animals, yay! Pets are one of the greatest little joys in this life. They become part of your family and are absolutely worth every vet-bill, clean up, and minor annoyance. Pets are the best. Pets are also a lot of...