How to Plan for Sobriety During the Holidays
The holidays mean different things for all of us. For some of us, it brings fun and joyous nostalgia, including spending time with our extended families, finding a tree, decorating it, buying presents, opening gifts on Christmas morning along with stockings stuffed...
How to Celebrate the Holidays if You’re Newly Sober
It’s that time of the year again. The most wonderful time of the year. It is the time of year when we get together with our friends and family, hang up lights around our houses, chop down a tree and place it in our living room, or light 8 candles over eight days. Give...
Un-Learning Self-Hatred in Recovery
Why did I say that to them while drunk? Why did I constantly have to lie to everyone who cared about me? Can you imagine what my girlfriend, boyfriend, or partner went through due to my drinking or substance use? Why did I keep acting that way? What did I put my...
How to Tell if Drugs Are Laced With Fentanyl
Fentanyl is all over the news. If the media isn’t talking about deranged Russian tyrants (who look like what would happen if Dobby the house elf started injecting Botox) invading neighboring countries and threatening nuclear war, they are probably fear-mongering about...