The Benefits of Constructive Feedback in Sober Living: Encouraging Growth and Change
Addiction treatment plants the seeds of sobriety, while recovery nurtures the seed until it grows into a healthy, strong plant. As you nurture your seed, you’ll see the growth necessary for resisting cravings and urges. However, nurturing can come from many directions and people. Peer…
5 Best Sobriety Podcasts You Should Listen to in 2023
Long-term sobriety recovery is worth every challenging step along the way. The battles you face, the scars you wear, and the victories you win celebrate your achievement. But the road doesn’t have to feel so lonely. Building a strong community that shares their stories and…
Sober Living While on Vacation: Travel Tips for an Alcohol-Free Trip
It’s easy to let temptation rear its ugly head while you’re on vacation, but you did not work this hard and come this far to let a vacation cause you to stumble in your recovery. It’s okay to let loose on vacation as long as…
5 Inspiring Stories of Celebrities Who Have Overcome Addiction
When starting or restarting a sobriety journey, it can be helpful to hear stories of people who’ve been in your place before and made it to the other side. Understandably for many people, their sobriety is very private. There are also benefits to being open…
This is How Dry January Can Kickstart Your Sobriety Journey
Over the past few years, there’s been lots of talk about the potential benefits of a Dry January. Whether you want to improve your sleep, regulate your blood sugar, or need to save back up some of the money you spent on gifts, giving Dry…
The Difference Between Enabling and Supporting Your Child Struggling With Addiction
Realizing your child is struggling with addiction can be an extremely painful experience for any parent. You desperately want your child to stop using drugs or drinking alcohol. However, if you are like most parents, you also love them unconditionally and don’t want to see…
5 Holistic Ways to Manage Anxiety and Depression While in Recovery
Depression and anxiety are commonly comorbid with substance use disorders. Also, symptoms can linger as a result of post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS). Finding holistic ways to manage anxiety and depression during recovery can make your transition to a sober lifestyle easier. Consider these self-care strategies…
What is a Therapeutic Community for Addiction Recovery?
When you have a problem, you don’t want to fix part of it; you want to repair all of it. If your house bursts into flames, you wouldn’t merely douse the living room with water and hope the rest of the fire throughout the whole…
5 Recovery Sayings: Are You Talking the Talk or Walking the Walk?
Words are the building blocks of a meaningful life, but if those words are empty, your world can come crumbling down. Many in the recovery community rely on mantras to guide them from substance abuse to sobriety, which prompts the pressing question: what do these…
The Importance of Struggling Your First Year Sober
Everything worthwhile requires effort. You can’t build a home, a career, or a meaningful relationship without putting in some hard work. Sobriety is in the same category. Diligence can help ensure that your road to recovery doesn’t get derailed. You may struggle in your first…
Author – Chris Howard
Chris Howard is the Founder and Director of Ethos Recovery. He has a B.A. in Psychology from UCLA and has served as a community advocate/mentor for men and women in recovery since 2010.