Recovery Blog
The Importance of Accountability in Recovery
In a recent study conducted by the Association for Talent Development, data revealed that: Brainstorming the goal = 10% chance you’ll meet your goal Freely saying “yes” to the goal = 25% chance...
Brain Therapies That Can Aid in Healing From Addiction
Therapy is a wonderful tool that gives the brain access to finding healing. For a while, therapy had a negative stereotype, as if it was meant only for the “weak” or those “who just couldn’t face...
Why Spiritual Commitment Is Vital to Treatment
Renaissance Ranch believes that “Treating both the body and the soul offers our patients the best chance at recovery.” In other words, we are passionate about overall, inside-out recovery. Mind,...
Challenging the Stereotype: Addiction Recovery in College
We have a rating category for the top ten party universities in America. College is universally accepted as the great escape from parental restrictions on drug and alcohol use. And the mere phrase...
Deciding Who to Trust Throughout Your Recovery
Trust is a very complex yet essential value in life, regardless of who you are or what you have been through. That being said, implementing trust back into your life during recovery can seem like...
Even after recovery, will substance abusers still have urges for the rest of their lives?
Those of us who face addiction know the battle of recovery is not linear. It goes up, down, and sideways, and often takes sudden sharp curves. This begs the question, are addiction cravings...
Removing the Stigma of Recovery
Recovery is more than mastering the 12 steps or completing all of the program courses. It’s gaining confidence in yourself to better understand both the discipline and freedom that stems from the...
Why Financial Health Is Crucial to Recovery
Addictions can be difficult enough to work through on their own due to various physical and emotional hardships. Something that can make this process even more difficult is addressing the financial...
My Loved One Is in Treatment. What Do I Do Now?
When a loved one decides to enter treatment for drug addiction recovery, the process he or she tackles isn’t solely their own—it’s a feat for the entire family. The spiritual, mental, and physical...
Why the Mind, Body, and Spirit Must All Recover
Recovery is a complex, never-ending, yet fulfilling process. Although it is quite common for many people to focus primarily on physical recovery, this is merely one piece of the puzzle. However,...
May Is Better Sleep Month: Why Basic Rhythms and Routines Aid Recovery
May is Better Sleep Month, which, as you can guess, encourages adults to get enough sleep. But more important than getting those necessary seven to eight hours per night, the focus of Better Sleep...
How to Understand Your Trigger Warnings
While there are many ways to avoid relapsing after completing a program, this does not mean it is any less frightening. Oddly enough, often, those who relapse never enter a situation with the intent...