When Should I Ignore My Instincts?
“It may go against our instinct, but there is much to be gained when we stretch beyond our comfort zone,” says Sarah Tasker. For Tasker, she would stretch beyond her creative comfort zone as a…
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How Can I Ask For Help?
It’s impossible to do everything on our own. Every once in awhile, we need to ask for help. Contrary to popular belief, asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness. It shows that we know…
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Setting Goals In Your Recovery
Recovery can be a difficult time. You might find yourself going along smoothly, but then almost immediately, it feels like a wrench has been thrown into your life’s plans. You weren’t planning on these unexpected…
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How Can Movement Help Me?
Crafting an active lifestyle is an important thing to do when you are in recovery from substance use. It not only keeps you physically healthy but mentally healthy as well. “An active lifestyle offers many…
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Coping with Co-Occuring Disorders
When it comes to substance use disorders, there are co-occurring disorders often at play. The most common co-occurring disorders tend to be anxiety and depression. Many people who use substances, do so to cope with…
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Learning To Live In Recovery
The path of denial is often taken in recovery from substance use. Many people don’t think they have a problem when they really do. Those around you may see it, but being in the depths…
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What Are Behavioral Addictions?
Addictions come in all shapes and sizes. Behavioral addictions are those that do not come from a chemical substance, but rather a behavior that one completes. Behavioral addictions can look like food addictions, gambling addictions,…
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Your Relationship With You
A lot of content out there talks about how you can build better relationships with friends and family. While this is important, it ignores the most important relationship there is the relationship you have with…
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Don’t Get Comfortable
“Recently, I was feeling low,” says Kiran Sidhu, author of “My life in technicolor” for In The Moment magazine. “And strangely, in this rather depressive state, I continuously heard a couple of words strung together…
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Forgive Yourself?
We all could benefit from being a little kinder to ourselves. We can kick ourselves while we are down and wonder why we aren’t feeling our best. It’s time we learn that we aren’t perfect…
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