Recovery

How Do You Maintain Personal Accountability During Recovery?

Alcohol Addiction / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

Achieving sobriety takes hard work, and even more work to maintain it. Maintaining sobriety requires honesty, humility, and strong accountability structures. Holding yourself accountable for decisions regarding addiction and recovery might not be a common suggestion you hear, but it’s just as important as external accountability. Recovery experts generally avoid attributing addiction to personal choices […]

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Reconnecting with Your Children During Recovery

Relationships / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

If you are a parent who has gone through addiction treatment, chances are you have missed precious time with your children while you were under the influence of drugs or alcohol. As you achieve sobriety and decide to live a healthier lifestyle from now on, it is important to rekindle and repair family relationships. Among

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What Do You Write in Your Recovery Journal?

Behavioral Therapy / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

Do you know the benefits of keeping a recovery journal? It is a helpful way to verbalize your emotions and unload the stress in life. By getting in touch with yourself, you can become more grounded in reality. Journaling has been proven to be an effective aid to long-term recovery. What Types of Journaling Can

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The Benefits of Community Service for Long-term Recovery

Health and Wellness / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

Have you struggled with feelings of isolation during recovery? Are you hoping to re-enter society after a long journey to sobriety? Do you want to re-connect with others and even to give back to the community? Everyone needs a strong local community to thrive, and recovering individuals especially need to be surrounded by support. Some

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The Benefits of Art Therapy for Recovery

Alcohol Addiction / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

Did you know that emotional healing is a big part of recovery from addiction? Medical professionals have sought out many ways to facilitate the restoration of healthy emotional expression. One of these approaches is art therapy. The use of art therapy as a supplementary intervention strategy has been used effectively in the treatments of cancer, mental

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Recovery and Coping Strategies for Parenting

Relationships / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

Are you a parent who is in recovery from addiction? Parenting, even without the addition of substance abuse recovery, can be challenging. You must attend to your child’s basic needs and routines; you must make sure that they are meeting developmental milestones; you also want to see them growing academically and thriving socially. It takes

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Living With a Spouse in Recovery

Relationships / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

Is your spouse in recovery from substance abuse? Have you dreamed about life together after your spouse achieves sobriety? Your expectations might be high but, likely, life will not be as rosy as you imagine it will be post-recovery. In most cases, living with a recovering spouse is still challenging. Researchers find that over 48% of

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How Creativity Helps Your Recovery

Health and Wellness / Laguna Shores Staff

Do you think of yourself as a creative person? The fact is that every one of us was born with the innate gift of creativity. Creativity encompasses our ability to think, perform, make, or produce something that never existed before by way of imagination, original ideas, or materials. Some are encouraged to continue with it,

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Time Management in Recovery

Health and Wellness / Laguna Shores Staff

After quitting drugs and alcohol, you may find you suddenly have a lot of free time. The good thing is, you need a lot of time to reset. Some people adapt to new routines faster. They like to have a full daily schedule, which provides them a sense of control. But when recovery is full

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Maintaining Motivation During Recovery

Health and Wellness / Laguna Shores Staff

For people who are going through addiction recovery, motivation is an irreplaceable engine. In fact, many recovery centers interview new clients about the sources of their motivation for starting treatment. Therapists and counselors probe into this area because motivation is critically important for recovery. During treatment and recovery, your level of motivation may not always

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How Do You Maintain Personal Accountability During Recovery?

Reconnecting with Your Children During Recovery

What Do You Write in Your Recovery Journal?

The Benefits of Community Service for Long-term Recovery

The Benefits of Art Therapy for Recovery

Recovery and Coping Strategies for Parenting

Living With a Spouse in Recovery

How Creativity Helps Your Recovery

Time Management in Recovery

Maintaining Motivation During Recovery

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