Recovery Blog
Finding the Right Support Group
Support groups are a great recovery tool, and one that you’ll probably be using from your first week of rehab. Attending a support group will continue to be a strength for you as you progress on...
Altering Your Belief System
Irrational thinking and false beliefs are two trademarks of addiction. All of the lies we tell ourselves in order to keep our addiction going take root, concealing the reality of ourselves and our...
What’s the Deal with Detox?
Detox refers to the period of time after you stop using a drug and your body is working hard to rid itself of the poison left behind. Detox is a very difficult time when your physical withdrawal...
Is Addiction a Lifelong Disease?
The idea that addiction is a disease the addict will struggle with for the rest of his life means different things to different people. For some, it causes a sense of hopelessness that may prevent...
Characteristics of an Addictive Personality
Researches are constantly searching for trends and commonalities between addicts of all kinds, because this helps them to develop better prevention and treatment methods. Researchers for the...
Prayer and Meditation
The New Year's holiday has come and gone and for some, so have their resolutions. For others the excitement and hope for what the New Year may bring is just getting started. After all, didn't we...
Addiction and Disease
To intelligently discuss the issue of whether or not addiction is a disease, we must first define the term "disease." To do this I turned to the 24th Edition of the Stedman's Medical Dictionary...
New Year’s Resolutions for Recovery
Addiction recovery is all about setting goals and then working to achieve them, and the New Year brings the perfect opportunity to set some new goals. Some of the traditional New Year’s resolutions,...
Financial Responsibility in Recovery
Becoming financially responsible is an important part of addiction recovery. There’s a lot to learn about ourselves and life in general as we manage our assets, so it’s no surprise that over ⅔ of...
Gaining Spiritual Strength
Many of the principles and tools of addiction recovery are based around spiritual healing. Giving over your life to a Higher Power, forgiving others and yourself, and praying for strength are just a...
Advice for Those Supporting an Addict
In parts one and two of this series of posts, we discussed how Elder Holland’s talk from the October LDS Conference this year, “Like a Broken Vessel,” can help those who are struggling with...
Preventing and Overcoming Relapse
Addiction recovery is a path riddled with fits of progress, and intermittent setbacks and stumbling blocks. In his LDS General Conference talk, “Like a Broken Vessel,” Elder Jeffrey R. Holland...