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How to Structure Your Environment in Early Addiction Recovery

One thing you know is true almost the minute you get out of treatment for your addiction: You need continued help to move along in your recovery. There are a lot of very good reasons for this, but most important among them is the fact that you’re still so new to being clean and sober that you haven’t yet become comfortable in practicing your recovery skills. There’s so much that gets thrown at you when you return to your home, family, job and friends. Sometimes – often, in fact – it’s too much. Without structure, your recovery may either be much more difficult or even collapse. Here are some tips on how to structure your environment in early recovery.

5 Steps to Prioritize Your Recovery Goals

Life is all new now that you’re in recovery. It’s all about a second chance, an opportunity to create a new direction in your life that you may never before thought possible. You may already be brimming with excitement and hope for the future – but don’t be disappointed if these feelings don’t come right away. After all, you’ve just come through a difficult period of active treatment and you may still feel a bit uncertain for some period of time. Looking ahead, you wonder how you’ll be able to put together a workable action plan for your recovery – or flesh out the one you began toward the end of your treatment. Take it in stages. Here are 5 steps to help you prioritize your recovery goals.

How to Live a Life of Principle in Recovery

Striving to live a life of principle is good advice for all human beings, but it’s especially important when you’re in recovery. It doesn’t matter whether you’re just beginning your life in recovery or have a few years under your belt. It always helps to add new strategies and techniques to ensure that you remain true to your goals. When it comes to the matter of principle, however, you might be unsure what it really means or where to start.

Definition of Principle

Various definitions exist for the word, “principle,” but the one we’re concerned with here is the one that pertains to a rule or code of conduct, a standard of moral or ethical decision-making. Principle is always a noun, say the experts, and it’s very often confused with the word principal, which is both a noun and an adjective and generally refers to a person who plays an important role or holds a high position.

The 12 R’s of Recovery

By Suzanne Kane

Recovery from addiction to alcohol and/or prescription or street drugs is a long process. It can be overwhelming to think about. Many addicts cringe just thinking about the initial withdrawal process and never follow through to get started on the road to recovery. For the ones who do—and perhaps you or one of your loved ones are among them—here are 12 reasons or R’s for recovery that can serve as a good reminder of why it’s a good path to follow.