Mindfulness is more than just a New Year’s resolution – it can be a meaningful tool for those in recovery. Read on for 7 tips on change through mindfulness….
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Demi Lovato on Addiction and Recovery
Recognising that teens face the same issues she does and wanting to be a role model for her fans, Demi Lovato decided that honesty is the best policy….
Cryptocurrency Addiction – the Behaviour and the Treatment
One of the newest, fastest growing and most dangerous gambling activities is cryptocurrency trading and that’s why we welcome those addicted to cryptocurrency at Castle Craig Hospital….
How Animals Can Help You Beat Addiction
Although pets are great for people who are up to the challenge, they aren’t necessarily a good idea for everyone. If you are in recovery, the time and expense a pet requires is overwhelming. If you think there’s a chance you might relapse, leaving a dog tied up in the garden for a week, you should probably wait a while…
How to Become More Optimistic
Although most people don’t feel very optimistic starting recovery, developing a more optimistic attitude greatly improves your chances of long-term success. Optimism reduces stress, improves health, fosters perseverance, and most importantly, makes people believe they can stay sober if they try…
Why Optimism is Important in Recovery
Most people don’t go into recovery feeling optimistic. Most people just feel like life couldn’t get much worse and they have to change something. That’s more like desperation than optimism. Depression has many facets, one of which is the inability to imagine a better future….
How to Break Bad Habits in Recovery
Everyone has some bad habits. When you’re in recovery, some of those habits will work against you. Maybe you still smoke, or you don’t get enough sleep, or you spend too much time on Facebook, or you still spend time with people who drink…
How to Laugh More in Addiction Recovery
Laughing helps recovery in many ways. It reduces stress, it helps you relax, it improves your immune system, making you less prone to illness, it reduces pain, and it helps you stay positive. All of these are important if you’re trying to stay sober, or if you just want to be happy….
Why Laughter is Important in Addiction Recovery
Addiction is a serious topic with serious consequences. People lose their jobs, their homes, and their lives. Quitting is a struggle and for many people it’s the hardest thing they’ll ever do. Despite all that, or because of it, laughing is one of the best things you can do for yourself in recovery. Here’s why….
How to Accept Yourself
Acceptance is a big part of moving past addiction or any personal challenge. Acceptance means accepting reality as it is, including accepting yourself as you are. If you don’t start with acceptance, everything else is harder because you see the world as you would like it to be instead of how it is. Learn more now….
3 Ways to Improve Your Self-awareness
Self-awareness is an important skill for overcoming addiction and staying in recovery. Without some level of self-awareness, no personal growth is possible, especially when it comes to addiction. Click here to learn more now….
What Anxiety Feels Like
Anxiety is when you suffer extreme apprehension and worry which can affect everyday situations and relationships. Anxiety is not a disorder to take lightly as side effects include panic attacks, headaches, frequent urination, insomnia, having trouble sleeping, depression, and much more. Click here to learn more….
How Much Nature Do We Need a Day
Walking outsides is good for your mental health as well as a study in 2009 saying taking a nature walk can reduce stress levels. It was also said in 2013 how walking on a green space can put the brain in a meditative state. Click here to learn more….
The Eight Phases of EMDR
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy to help people reprocess painful, unresolved memories such as people who have PTSD….
Guided Therapeutic Imagery
Meditation and mindfulness are powerful tools in addiction recovery and Guided Therapeutic Imagery can help patients elucidate complex problems so they can face them head on….
Spiritual Growth
Recovering from addiction often involves developing a connection to a higher power of your understanding, which helps to shape your accountability, resolve, and spiritual growth….
Awakening Your Spiritual Side
The traditional approach to treating addiction has always involved some connection to a higher power of your own understanding, and awakening your spiritual side can give you the strength to succeed in recovery….
Coping with Stress is Essential for Recovery
Stress is a big factor in substance abuse and the recovery from addiction, as it serves as a trigger for relapse and poor mental health. Coping withs tress is essential for recovery and there are many ways to improve your ability to handle stress….
10 Ways You Can Achieve Your Goals in Recovery
It’s important for patients in addiction recovery to have attainable goals that they can pursue and achieve. It’s great for confidence and builds momentum for ongoing success….
Healthy Foods for a Strong Recovery
Diet and nutrition is a major factor in the rehabilitation process of drug rehab, so learning to incorporate these healthy foods into your diet will help you maintain a strong recovery….
Are You Emotionally Intelligent?
Emotional intelligence is an important trait for self awareness and success in the recovery process, so are you emotionally intelligent? Learn how you can tell….
Does Abstinence In Recovery Have to Be Permanent?
For those who are coming to terms with newfound sobriety in the wake of addiction treatment, one can wonder if this state of abstinance is permanent or a passing phase of recovery….
Should Everyone Be Working The 12 Steps in Recovery?
The 12 steps are a recovery programme that focuses on the necessary steps a person must follow to come to terms with addiction and beat it for good….
Treatment Exhaustion Can Happen During The Recovery Process
The process of recovering from addiction can take its toll on mind and body, making treatment exhaustion a very real threat to your sobriety during the recovery process….
4 Ways To Be Your Best Self In Recovery
Addiction Recovery challenges us to bring out the best in ourselves in order to conqeur addiction completely. Here are 4 ways to be your best self in recovery….
