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There are many things that we do day to day that we don’t even think about. Flipping on the light in your room, turning the key in the ignition, breathing. All of these are things that have become automatic. No thought required. There was a time where you couldn’t drive, and where trepidation might enter …

A fairly common discussion that comes up when one is working on therapy and taking stock of their past and the progress of treatment is forgiveness. Though Forgiveness or making amends is a part of the 12 Step work, is not a topic relegated to Recovery alone, we all have things we regret and people …

Find your center: With all of the chaos and hubbub of daily life, it’s important that when you are home you take special effort to make sure you focus on yourself. Instead of engaging in high quantity low-quality outlets, like excess video gaming, binge watching the latest movies, shows or dramas here are some suggestions …

Holidays are a tough time of year in general and for those in Recovery can be exceptionally trying. For starters there is the additional exposure to alcohol both with family events and dinners and of course socially. Combine this with the publicly excepted surge in heavy partying and sale of/exposure to illicit substances and you …

Hope, it’s a four letter word that keeps you going when nothing else does. It’s the formula that fills seats for a losing team, that keeps a business going beyond the point of safety and gives one the feeling that maybe now, maybe this time, things will be different. Hope is also an elixir for …

There are those of us who who tend to get lost in our heads, lost in the drama, lost in a moment and for that time period we are quite vulnerable. It is in these moments that one can quickly make a wrong choice or conversely become apathetic and avoid important responsibilities and tasks. It …