Parents are the greatest source of support for a loved one in recovery. Being the provider, the cheerleader, the authority, and many other roles gets exhausting. These are some of the things parents should know their loved one in recovery feels when it goes unsaid. Your Efforts Don’t Go Unrecognized You make phone calls,
Newcomers to recovery need to learn how to manage their sobriety once detox and treatment has concluded. They have to have the right attitude toward recovery in addition to having a firm intention and commitment to stay sober and clean. However, the best intentions can be defeated by outdated ideas of addiction. One of
Addiction is often referred to as a family disease for a good reason. One individual’s addiction affects not only them but also the people around them, most notably their family. Loved ones of individuals with addiction can carry resentment towards them. They may feel constrained or judged despite not having a problem with drugs
Emotional health is synonymous to wellbeing, which is when an individual is living a life of wholeness and balance. It is not possible to live a life free of problems, but it is possible to bounce back from setbacks and continue to thrive. Good emotional health is the key to overcoming adversity and succeeding
The program at LEAD Recovery Center is supported by mentorship which is given from clients in one phase of our treatment program to the next. Peer recovery support can be effective in supplementing the clinical recovery process. Even when a therapist and an entire treatment team is in recovery themselves, they can still seem like
Codependency is making our lives about other people. How other people act, feel, behave, what they think about us, all defines how we feel about ourselves. Recovering from codependency can feel as difficult as recovering from a substance use disorder. As codependents, we use other people to satisfy a need within us. We need people
“You’re such a character,” “you got character, kid,” “that guy! What a character!”. The more you look at the word character the more foreign it becomes. A character is a fictional person or a role in a book, play, film, or physical portrayal of something. We use a maximum of 140 characters in our ‘tweets’
You’re Not Wasted: Some days this is more exciting than others. Even on your worst days sober, they are better than your best days drinking and using. It was fun until it wasn’t. Today, you get to live your life without the foggy haze of drugs and alcohol. You’re Not Hurting Yourself: Self-harm isn’t a
You just aren’t built to go non-stop. None of us are. Even marathon runners have to stop to sleep during their training. Humans are not machines, no matter how hard we try to be. We can’t keep going without burning out. At some point we have to stop, take a breather, and reboot. In recovery,
Feeling isn’t always fun. That’s a hard fact to face when you are in recovery. Day in and day out of various clinical therapy groups, life coaching, mentoring, and more, brings up a lot of feelings. We don’t usually turn to drugs and alcohol to honestly confront our emotions. Usually, we turn to them to
