In a recent post, we made the case that regular exercise is a key activity when it comes to supporting your recovery. In that post, we made a passing reference to getting in the habit of taking short walks as a possible place to start when it comes to getting some exercise. That quick note probably...Read More

Unless you are a stuntperson or daredevil performer, a climber seeking more and more difficult climbing feats, or an escape artist, it is almost never a good idea to make something more dangerous than it has to be. For example, if you have to drive on icy roads, it would not be a great idea...Read More

There are a number of ideas and phrases that most of us have heard throughout our lives about the value of waiting. The two most common are probably “Good things come to those who wait,” and “Patience is a virtue.”That can be excellent advice—especially in a world in which we are bombarded with messages telling...Read More

You probably did not come to this blog expecting to read about cars. That’s fair enough, but if you stick with us, we promise to drive home (see what we did there?) some key comparisons between automobiles and the recovery journey. Let’s start our engines.For many folks, a car is simply an important tool for...Read More

Imagine for a moment that you are a basketball player hoping to make it to the next level. Maybe that level is middle school to high school or high school to college or college to the pros. In order to accomplish that goal, you are going to need to make sure you are working to...Read More

Are you familiar with the phrase “pink tax”? It is used to describe the fact that women tend to be charged more for many products and services than men are. It is called the pink tax because manufacturers often make products pink in order to market them to women.An article in Kiplinger says this about...Read More

We want to start this blog post with an important note: We are animal lovers—and we have written in the past (here and here) about the ways in which having a pet can be helpful for a person in recovery from a substance use disorder.For the purpose of this post, however, we want to start...Read More

In two recent blog posts, we have used sports as a jumping off point. In “Recovery is Not a Competition,” we encouraged readers to remember that while many things in life—including, of course, sporting events—are competitions, recovery is decidedly not about comparing yourself to others. In “Consider What is Out of Bounds in Recovery,” we used the...Read More

In sports, the notion of in bounds versus out of bounds is extremely important. Whether a football player was in bounds or out of bounds when he caught the ball can change the course of a game. When a tennis player returns a serve outside the lines defining the court, she loses the point. A...Read More

Have you ever thought about just how many different ways people find to compete with one another?There are traditional sports, of course, in which teams or individuals face off in the hope of winning the competition and the glory that goes with it. Often, these sporting events are filled with drama, strategy, luck, and brilliance—all...Read More