Ecotherapy and Forest Bathing
Aug 22, 2021Read →
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Summer Festivals Official Sober Components
Summer is music festival season! One of the most wonderful things about summertime is that there are so many events like these where we can see our favorite musical performers and artists outdoors under the warm sun above. Music festivals give us a chance to celebrate the season
Aug 17, 2021Read →
5 Stages of Addiction and Recovery
What are the 5 Stages of Addiction? How we become addicted varies from person to person; some of us use a substance once and are instantly hooked, ramping up to abuse and addiction right away. Others slowly devolve from prescribed use into abuse as we endure chronic pain or suffe
Jul 14, 2021Read →
Celebrities Who Support Substance Abuse Charities
No matter who you are, you have probably known someone in your life who suffered from a substance use disorder of some kind. Problems with drugs or alcohol are common in our society and everyone has been affected by their own or others’ addictions to these substances. Addiction a
Jul 7, 2021Read →
Daniel Radcliffe in Recovery
Anyone who loves or has even just seen the Harry Potter movies knows Daniel Radcliffe. This talented English actor hit the jackpot when he landed the role of the title character in this series of eight films. As with the Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling, the cast aged
Apr 13, 2021Read →
Crossfit and Recovery
Have you heard about CrossFit? If you know someone who participates in this demanding, body-changing, group workout then chances are that you have heard about it quite a bit. That’s the joke. People who CrossFit love to tell people about it. They are so enthusiastic about its rol
Apr 1, 2021Read →
Eric Clapton Drug Use and Addiction
Eric Clapton once recorded a song called Cocaine – written by fellow guitarist J.J. Cale – and it became one of the biggest hits of his career. Of course, instead of glamorizing the drug, it references the dark path down which this drug beckons many, but today it stan
Feb 7, 2021Read →
Great Journal Prompts for Recovery
Beginning and cultivating a journaling habit can be valuable to you in recovery and in life. Journaling is easy. In its simplest form, it’s really just talking to yourself, out loud, in writing, on paper. Anyone can do it. Everyone should. Journaling doesn’t need to be something
Jan 27, 2021Read →
Psilocybin and the Election
November 3, 2020 was a banner day for psilocybin. This natural substance has been illegal across the United States for decades, but new research into its immense benefits for mental health has forced lawmakers and citizens everywhere to take a closer look and, in some cases, to g
Jan 20, 2021Read →
Matthew Perry in Recovery
Almost everyone enjoys the popular 90s/00s sitcom Friends. During this show’s ten season run, the six friends – Phoebe, Joey, Monica, Ross, Rachael, and Chandler – all came into our living rooms every Thursday night for a decade. Soon, they made their way into America
Jan 16, 2021Read →
Negativity Bias
Do you ever wonder why you are often pessimistic? Do you find that even when things are going well, you tend to expect the worst? Are you always waiting for the other shoe to drop, or always looking for the negative side of a positive or generally neutral thing? You’re not alone.
Jan 8, 2021Read →
Psychological Benefits of Dance
Do you like to dance? Why or why not? Do you dance at weddings, parties, clubs and concerts? Do you begin to boogie almost involuntarily any time you hear music? Do you move and sway when you’re in your car, stopped at a stoplight? Or, do you only dance at home? Do you swirl and
Jan 1, 2021Read →
New Year's Resolutions
Finally. 2020 is over and a new year is about to begin. This past year was a challenging one in one way or more for people all over this planet due to COVID-19, and everyone everywhere is excited to see this year come to a close as we look ahead to a new beginning. For […]
Dec 26, 2020Read →
Negative Stigma
One of the things you should be most proud of in your life is your decision to recover from drug or alcohol addiction and your ongoing pursuit of a happy and healthy drug and alcohol-free life. Unfortunately, however, there is still a stigma that surrounds addiction recovery, and
Dec 5, 2020Read →
Farm-Based Addiction Recovery Programs
There’s a new and growing trend in residential addiction recovery support programs, and it’s a very exciting one. After decades of pre-packaged, processed food, factory farms, and overstocked and overwhelming super-sized grocery stores, more and more people today are taking a ste
Nov 27, 2020Read →
Robert Downey, Jr. and Drug Addiction
Robert Downey, Jr. is an actor who is known by all, which is not surprising because, over the course of his career, he has done it all. His listing on Internet Movie Database indicates that he has been an actor in ninety different productions since 1970, and he currently has thre
Nov 16, 2020Read →
Purdue Pharma Settlement
In a somewhat surprising turn of events, Purdue Pharma plead guilty to criminal charges this week for their reckless marketing of the drug OxyContin which many view as a primary cause of the devastating opioid epidemic in the United States. They also agreed to pay $8.34 billion a
Nov 10, 2020Read →
Addiction Recovery, the Immune System & Covid-19
As someone in recovery from addiction, it will probably not surprise you to learn that active addiction can greatly negatively affect an individual’s immune system. Not only that, but even after a person gets clean and sober, he or she will likely experience a weakened immune sys
Nov 5, 2020Read →
Jamie Lee Curtis
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis has had a pretty easy life and she had a smooth rise to fame. She is an excellent artist in her own right, but the fact that she was born to two Hollywood greats – Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis – certainly gave her a boost along the way. She has
Oct 31, 2020Read →
Dock Ellis and his Drug Use
Dock Ellis died in 2008 in Los Angeles, but this baseball player lived an incredible life and has a very amazing story. Although Ellis is perhaps best well known for throwing a no-hitter under the influence of LSD in 1970, he later quit baseball in 1980, entered addiction treatme
Oct 25, 2020Read →
National Recovery Month
National Recovery Month. This observance began in 1989 to recognize the achievements of those who have successfully broken free from addiction to drugs and alcohol. Further, it aims to recognize the hard work of people who work in the field of addiction recovery and to educate th
Oct 16, 2020Read →
Recovery High Schools
Every year, the National Institute on Drug Abuse conducts a survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders nationwide. It’s called the Monitoring the Future Survey. This survey has been very helpful in allowing doctors, researchers, law enforcement, mental health providers, and drug abuse
Oct 9, 2020Read →
Sesame Street & the Opioid Epidemic
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, drug use in the United States has been increasing. In a 2013 study by this government organization, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or old had used an illicit drug in the previous month. That’s 9.4% of our country’s p
Sep 28, 2020Read →
Deep Brain Stimulation for Addiction Recovery
It may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but implanting tiny electrodes into a patient’s brain may actually be able to change behavior and further, it may help those struggling with addiction. This treatment is called deep brain stimulation and it is not new. T
Sep 14, 2020Read →