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Discover the Value in Adding Spiritual Practices to Recovery

Discover the Value in Adding Spiritual Practices to Recovery

Does spirituality have a place in recovery? Find out how spiritual practices can make a real difference and help us in our sobriety and daily living.

Jim LaPierre · 4/1/2015
Taking Care of Yourself When a Loved One Has Bipolar

Taking Care of Yourself When a Loved One Has Bipolar

Living with a person with bipolar is overwhelming. We often neglect ourselves and this can lead to burnout. Here are some tips for caring for yourself when the goal is to help a love one who has bipolar disorder.

Ari Hahn · 6/5/2013
Mindfulness Meditation – Research Says It Changes Your Brain in Just 8 Weeks

Mindfulness Meditation – Research Says It Changes Your Brain in Just 8 Weeks

A growing mountain of evidence points to meditation’s effectiveness in controlling and reversing conditions as varied as anxiety and depression to high blood pressure and diabetes, but new research out of Massachusetts General Hospital shows that just 8 weeks of meditation training and practice actually results in physical grey matter changes in the hippocampus.

John Lee · 9/25/2011
Learning to Forgive Yourself and Let Go of Guilt and Shame

Learning to Forgive Yourself and Let Go of Guilt and Shame

Alcoholics and addicts do things in active addiction which leave them feeling guilt and shame. Learn what you can do to get over your guilt and shame to forgive yourself and let go of the past.

Anna Deeds ·
Addiction Recovery & Meditation: 8 Ways Meditation Keeps You Sober

Addiction Recovery & Meditation: 8 Ways Meditation Keeps You Sober

If you aren’t meditating already, here are 8 very good reasons for you to consider taking it up. Whether you’re still drinking or using and trying to control yourself, just starting off with treatment or long down that winding and difficult recovery journey, stopping yourself from taking that next drink or line or hit is always going to be a challenge. Fortunately, while you may never be able to erase temptation from your life, you can take some steps to build up your resilience against cravings as you also build up your overall levels of health and happiness.

John Lee ·