Emotional Sobriety

Emotional Sobriety

Emotional sobriety, the ability to feel and cope with emotions instead of masking them with drug or alcohol use, can be even more difficult to achieve than physical sobriety. Many people think that because they read in a book that recovery will make them “happy,...
12-Step Principles

12-Step Principles

The 12-step principles are based on a spiritual program of recovery. Each of the 12-steps has a spiritual principle behind it. The purpose of a 12-step program is to help people overcome addiction. Each step helps a person live day to day without the need for...
Acupuncture and Addiction Recovery

Acupuncture and Addiction Recovery

Evidence-based addiction treatment includes holistic methods that treat the whole person. Acupuncture is one of these methods. Addiction is not only a physical illness–it affects every aspect of a person’s being. Holistic treatment is becoming more valued as a...
Replacing One Addiction With Another

Replacing One Addiction With Another

Are you at risk for cross-addiction? Cross-addiction occurs when a person in recovery finds themselves replacing one addiction with another. The biggest danger of substitute addictions is that they make the individual more prone to relapsing and returning to their...