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Making Amends After a Loved One Dies by Guest Writer Suzanne K

Losing a loved one is always painful. It doesn’t matter if the person you care about so deeply was in a long-term illness or died suddenly. When they’re gone, you’re left with a void that seems so deep that it can never be sealed over. The bereavement process, while different for everyone in the length [...]

Giving it All Up for Love, and What That Means in Recovery by Guest Writer Suzanne K

There’s no question that being in recovery is a continually evolving process. For some, it’s a journey of discovery, or rediscovery, while for others, recovery is a daily struggle just to get by. Two major linchpins of a successful recovery are having a stable and supportive family and stable employment. Here, we’re concerned with the [...]

Clean Out the Cobwebs and Make Sense of Recovery by Guest Writer Suzanne K

Starting recovery is a bit like entering the funhouse at an amusement park: You never really know what’s ahead. It could be exciting and fun or terrifying and filled with unexpected twists and turns – or both at the same time in varying degrees. The fact is that none of us knows what to prepare [...]

7 Best Things You Can Do for Yourself in Recovery

Embarking on recovery can be alternately exciting and full of promise as well as frightening, confusing, and filled with potential pitfalls. Statistically speaking, early recovery is when most people have problems that may lead to relapse. That is, relapse rates are high in the first 90 days to 6 months. Knowing what to do ahead [...]

Be a Mentor to Someone New to Recovery by Guest Writer Suzanne K

Reflect for a moment on the first days and weeks of your early recovery. If you’re like most with a few years of recovery under your belt, you’ll likely recall some pretty frightening experiences, times when you felt that you just couldn’t go on, when the lure of the cravings was just too much to [...]