By Haley Kennedy, Recovery Coach – 5.13.2022 – Having a set routine is a critical part of recovery from substance use disorder; they keep you occupied and protect you from some of the temptations that come along with too much downtime. Although having a routine is important… it doesn’t mean you can never leave your […]
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The Importance of Healthy Boundaries
Recovery Coach Lauren 4/29/22 Setting boundaries isn’t always easy or nice, but it’s necessary, spiritual, and empowering. Healing relationships in recovery takes time and effort on everyone’s part. As we know addiction fuels many fear based behavior and other dysfunctional interactions with families and friends. Some of these interactions and behaviors can be the need […]
You Can’t Stop the Waves, but You Can Learn to Surf.
By Haley Kennedy, Recovery Coach – 4.8.2022 – “… Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation – some fact of my life – unacceptable to me. I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing […]
Breaking the Cycle of Addiction in My Family
“You can heal, and you can break the cycle.” This is something I heard often during many years of active addiction, relapse, and then while in recovery. I remember thinking, “That sounds like a lot of work!” but also a part of me believed it. I grew up with a father who was active in […]
Powerless and Unmanageability
I will never forget when I entered treatment for the first or the millionth time and heard how I was powerless over all substances and that my life had become unmanageable. I remember thinking I could admit that yeah, I am here, I clearly have a problem and I can say I am powerless over […]
Hack Happiness Chemicals
By Haley Kennedy, Recovery Coach – 2.11.2022 – The brain is our most complex organ, and a critically important one. Neurotransmitters are the vital cogs in the machine that is our brain, relaying the messages that keep our bodies running effectively. However, when we use substances, it disrupts these pathways and interferes with the […]