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Bel Aire Recovery Center blog articles in the field of substance use disorders and addiction recovery. Here you will find news, information, and inspiration about drug and alcohol addiction treatment modalities, recovery stories, and more.

Money plays a huge role in our lives. An outsize amount of our time is spent earning money, spending money, and worrying about money. When money is tight, we tend to feel a lot of stress about it. After all, you need money for just about everything. One clear example of how money and issues...
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How do you feel about traveling by airplane? Some people love it. Other people hate it. And plenty of people fall somewhere in between.  Regardless of your personal feelings about flying, you are probably fairly familiar with the various steps that are involved when you are catching a flight. In this blog post, we are...
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Take a moment to think about your favorite place.  It is possible that the moment you called your “happy place” to mind, you felt a little surge of well-being. Maybe your shoulders relaxed a bit. Maybe you found yourself smiling. Maybe you closed your eyes so you could bring the space more fully to mind....
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Take a Look at This Testimonial for Bel Aire Recovery Center
We know you are here to read about substance use disorders and the recovery journey. But bear with us for a few paragraphs, because we are going to start by talking about advertising. We promise it will all come together! We are confident you are familiar with the advertising technique that centers on testimonials. A...
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Five Kinds of Food that Support Your Recovery
Thanksgiving and Christmas might be called the “big food holidays.” The word “big” applies to both “food” and “holidays.” Those two holidays are certainly among the biggest on the calendar in terms of prep time and the pressure we tend to put on ourselves and others to make them perfect. And the food that goes...
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How can a pet support your recovery, We Bet a Pet Can Be Paws-itively Helpful for Your Recovery
Sometimes, especially when times are tough, we just want someone to sit with us. Someone who won’t ask questions or offer advice. Someone who can offer comfort and kindness without saying a word. Someone whose love for us is unconditional and unwavering. Having access to someone like that can be a benefit to anyone—and especially...
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pretty young Black woman on phone at desk - cravings
In a perfect world, a person would go through detoxification and treatment for a substance use disorder and never again feel the urge to return to drugs or alcohol. But of course, this isn’t a perfect world, and cravings happen.Have a PlanIn reality, nearly every single person in recovery for a substance use disorder will...
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Being Kind to Yourself, kindness, Importance of Being Kind to Yourself
Many a child has heard a parent say something akin to, “Watch your tone of voice when you are talking to me!” It is the kind of thing a parent says when a child is disrespectful or sarcastic or flippant. The child’s parent may take as much issue with how the kid said what they...
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Stressing the Importance of Less Stress in Recovery,
Most of the time, we do not think too much about air. Our bodies naturally breathe in and breathe out without requiring our attention. The air is there, we need the air, and our respiratory system just takes care of things on our behalf. It might also be said that most of the time, we...
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Pop Culture Countdown of Recovery Advice, recovery advice,
If you have read a number of our blog entries, you may have noticed that we have a tendency to use various aspects of pop culture—songs, movies, comics, and more—to make our various points about sobriety and the recovery journey. In this entry, we will use another staple of pop culture—the countdown, as popularized by...
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