Living with a person who is in early recovery can be a challenge. Whether they are a friend or a family member, there are several steps you can take to make the situation supportive of their recovery efforts without sacrificing your needs or lifestyle. It is important...
If you think that beginning a relationship in early recovery will be a great success, here are a couple things you might want to consider. It is a very rare person who comes into recovery without some experience of having a romantic relationship damaged or destroyed...
Clinicians rely on a standard set of protocols to define addiction and gain insight into patients’ behavior patterns in order to determine the appropriate course of treatment. Often these include the disease model of addiction, relapse prevention, development of...
Of all the things we lose when we’re in the grip of addiction, perhaps the most painful is our reputation. Even the people in our lives who are often quick to forgive can be equally slow to forget our screw-ups. Learning how to reset your reputation is crucial toward...
You can’t recover alone. Of all the axioms about recovery, this is one of the most important and widely accepted. The road to a new life is a difficult one. Trying to work a program, monitor your own transformation, set and maintain boundaries, all on your own? Nearly...
Life with a spouse in recovery can mean many things. Like all relationships, there are moments that are challenging, moments of uncertainty, rewarding times, exciting times and everything in between. While all relationships are different and unique and there is no...
