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How To Maintain Sobriety:
Addiction can be an extremely difficult condition to overcome, but it is possible. It can be a long road for individuals to be able to first stop using drugs or alcohol, and it can feel like a monumental achievement when they do. But, there is more to...
Recovery Skills and Tools of Recovery – Coping Skills:
Recovery Skills and Tools of Recovery The First Rule of Recovery You don't recover from an addiction by stopping using. You recover by creating a new life where it is easier to not use. If you don't create a new life, then all the factors that brought you...
Get Motivated: Tools for Building a Sober Life
Recovery Motivation: Motivation is the driving force behind action; it’s also a primary component of the addiction recovery process. When embraced, motivation can drive us away from the chaos and destruction of addiction, steering us into clean and sober...
Chicagoland Regional Convention of Narcotics Anonymous: Thursday Jan 2 – Sunday January 5 2020
Chicagoland Regional Convention of Narcotics Anonymous: Thursday Jan 2 - Sunday January 5 2020 https://www.crcofna.org/ https://www.na.org/ Chicago NA website : https://www.chicagona.org/ Events such as marathon meetings in...
Having Fun in Recovery:
Substance Abuse Recovery Trivia - Jeopardy A Few Ways to Have More Fun in Recovery Recovering from addiction, whether it be a substance abuse or alcohol problem, can be an arduous and trying process. Completely reworking your life into something...
The First 90 Days of Sobriety
There may be debate about the general stages of recovery, but almost everyone agrees that the first 90 days of recovery are critical. That’s because it’s during this time that most relapses occur. You’re still so new to being clean and sober that you...
8 Tips for Staying Clean and Sober (Sobriety Rocks)
8 Tips for Staying Clean and Sober Change, Relationships, Activity, Job, Calm, Past, Balance, Learn If you have stopped drinking or quit your addictive behavior and you are serious about staying sober, you will want to do everything possible to avoid having...
10 Things to Stop Doing If You Love an Alcoholic
The Council Are you wondering how you can cope with a drunk mother during the holidays, or how you can help her? Have friends told you that you are an enabler for your spouse? Do you find yourself suffering the consequences of a loved one's alcohol problem?...
Eight Warning Signs Your Child Could Be Addicted
BY: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Eight Warning Signs Your Child Could Be Addicted Look for any number of these warning signs Drug use by a child is one of a parent's worst fears. But when alcohol or other drug use becomes an addiction, it can ruin a...