National Recovery Month, a highly anticipated annual event, is stronger than ever after thirty-five years. The event celebrates those in recovery, highlights the importance of recovery practices, raises awareness, and advocates for greater access to cutting-edge therapies and treatments.
Supporting a loved one in recovery can be challenging, to say the least. But it’s also highly rewarding. It takes understanding, patience, and a lot of willingness to learn about the complexities of addiction and recovery.
Recognizing the warning signs of relapse is vital for staying on the path to recovery. Addiction recovery is not simply about avoiding the pitfalls; it’s more about creating a lifestyle that supports wellness and resilience.
If you’re dating or considering dating someone in recovery, it’s important to remember that recovery is a life-long process requiring diligence, hard work, and humility. While the journey can be difficult, living a healthy, sober life is highly rewarding.
An individual who feels powerless may believe they are unable to stop or change their addictive behaviours or patterns even though they have made many genuine attempts to do so.
This sense of inadequacy can fuel the cycle of addiction by undermining an individual’s sense of self, confidence and motivation for change and recovery.
Have you ever experienced a runner’s high? Or maybe you’ve sensed a rush after seeing something beautiful and exciting? Perhaps you’ve felt a deep warmth while snuggling up with your pet. These are all examples of “happy hormones” doing their job of performing little chemical dances inside your body and making you feel good about life.
Complacency doesn’t have the power to destroy our sobriety. We have to let it do that, and if we don’t let it, if we take action as soon as we see it slithering into our minds and lives, we can kick it out right away.
Art therapy can be used to help individuals sustain emotional wellness and can even help manage the symptoms of physically debilitating illnesses, especially when practised as part of an integrative treatment program.
Over the past few years, ‘mindfulness’ has become the latest buzzword in mental health, and for good reasons. Let’s take a deeper look into the healing effects of mindfulness on mental health, but first, let’s define mindfulness.