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How to Overcome Self-centeredness
Tips on how to overcome self-centeredness to aid your recovery, and improve your life, relationships, and spiritual connection.
Addiction, dysfunction, and unhealthy relationships are often a symptom of self-centeredness.
How To Set Healthy Boundaries in Recovery
Setting boundaries is an important part of establishing one’s identity and is crucial for mental health, well-being, stability, and healthy relationships. Knowing how to set healthy boundaries in recovery from addiction should be a critical part of your recovery and self-care plan.
Read MoreHow to Effectively Communicate in Relationships
Knowing how to effectively communicate in relationships and professionally is a critical life skill. Good communication skills can also determine success in recovery from addiction.
Read MoreHow To Apologize The Right Way
I’m sorry is not enough. Knowing how to apologize the right way is an essential to repairing damaged relationships, restoring social bonds, and regaining trust.
Read MoreBest Mobile Apps for Addiction Recovery
Today, nearly everyone has a mobile phone. Here are some of the Best Mobile Apps for Addiction Recovery which can assist in your recovery and mental health improvement.
Read MoreRadical Acceptance is the Answer to All Your Problems
Radical acceptance is the answer to all your problems. In life, pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. Radical acceptance will help you deal with the painful situations in life and reduce your suffering.
Read MoreBeware of the Danger of Complacency in Recovery
Beware of the Danger of Complacency in Recovery. Complacency can be deadly in our recovery life, and it is even worse in our spiritual life.
Read MoreHow To Get Over a Breakup Without Relapsing
Getting over a breakup is hard. However, if you are in recovery from addiction, dealing with the emotions associated with a breakup creates a big risk of relapse. Here are some tips to help you avoid a relapse while dealing with a breakup.
Read MoreLocus Of Control: The Key to Recovery From Addiction
Who do you blame when something goes wrong? How you answer this depends on your locus of control. Shifting from an external to an internal locus of control unlocks the key to recovery from addiction.
Read MoreOvercoming Loneliness in Recovery
Addiction recovery is a difficult journey, and sometimes it can also feel like a very lonely one. Learning to trust and forming supportive relationships is essential in overcoming loneliness in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction.
Read MoreManaging the Anger and Addiction Connection
Anger and addiction, and aggression are intertwined in many ways. Anger has been implicated in relapse as stated in the language of Alcoholics Anonymous and as found in many research studies.
Read MoreUnderstanding Addiction as an Attachment Disorder
Have you heard of addiction as an attachment disorder? The way we attach to others is formed in the early years of life. Research shows that attachment insecurity may contribute to addiction.
Read MoreHow to Be Happy In Recovery
If you are struggling to figure out how to be happy in recovery then this article has what you are looking for.
Read MoreStep 4: Look at The Man in The Mirror
Step 4 has us do a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. This look at the man in the mirror helps to identify those things we do that work against ourselves.
Read MoreHow to Rebuild Trust After Addiction
Addiction has cost us a lot. One of the most valuable things that we lost to addiction was trust. If you want to know how to rebuild trust after addiction, then this article is for you.
Read MoreManaging Expectations in Early Recovery
It hurts when our expectations are not met. Hurts even more when we don’t live up to our own expectations. Managing expectations is a critical skill in recovery.
Read MoreFinding Life Balance: Wellness and Addiction Recovery
Our life in addiction was out of balance and full of chaos, stress, and pain. Recovery is about finding a life balance and improving overall wellness, not just stopping drugs.
Read MoreStep 3: What is Self Will and What Does It Have to Do with Addiction and Recovery?
By: Rick Fannin Addiction is often described as a selfish disease. Addiction is a disease, but chronic abuse of drugs or alcohol is a selfish act. The difference is a significant distinction to make. Whether it takes the form of having a few too many beers, sneaking an extra pain pill, or shooting up with…
Read MoreAre You Clueless? How Developing Self-Awareness Helps in Addiction Recovery
Developing self-awareness in addiction recovery from drugs or alcohol is a critical skill to be able to identify and respond to triggers without relapsing.
Read MoreDo You Need Detox? Detox from a Toxic Relationship
Social support is important in recovery but not all relationships are supportive, especially toxic relationships. Do you need to detox from a toxic relationship to help your recovery from addiction?
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