Category: Recovery

Should I travel away from home for rehabilitation? Will it increase my chances for success? It can be beneficial to get away from home in order to receive treatment. There are so many triggers associated with where you live whether emotional or physical that can make a difference in a successful rehabilitation. Advantages of Going…

Individuals who decide to enter treatment for substance abuse issues do so with a great amount of concern and anxiety. For many, it may seem that their entire way of life as they know it is coming to an end, a concept that would frighten anyone. However, after a period during which they are away…

Friends and family play a major role in recovery. A fine line can exist between helping and enabling: Letting your teenage son/daughter “get away” with not doing chores because they have an exam can be helping. Not acknowledging you son/daughter’s defiance, substance use and inappropriate behaviour by just saying “Kids will be kids, they’ll grow…

Relapse triggers are anything that activates the thoughts and desires to return to use. Anything can be a trigger: places, people, things, smells, sounds, tastes, emotional states, honestly anything. As triggers are different for everyone, they are easily overlooked. Anything associated with past use can be a subtle reminder that triggers the desire to use.…

Once you have completed a program, be proud of your accomplishment. It is the first step towards a life of sobriety. That being said, your program is not over. You have identified that your lifestyle has to change and now you will move forward with the skills you have learned to identify any potential stumbling…

New Years is a great example. I don't know what it is about the magic of midnight but every year we tell ourselves "I'm going to make this change", "This year will be different". It starts of strong but we all know what can happen. We only have a vague idea of what our goal…