How Do the Stages of Change Help Motivate Recovery?
One of the most essential—and challenging—aspects of addiction recovery is the need to change a person’s behavior to improve their health status. Behavior change interventions, which involve a combination of program elements or strategies, are especially useful in addressing lifestyle modification for those suffering from addictions. A change in patient lifestyle is necessary for successful […]
Is Emotional Sobriety The Key to Lasting Recovery?
When defining recovery from substance abuse or addiction, it is natural that you would think about sobriety. Getting sober and staying sober, which usually means abstinence from drugs and alcohol, are the obvious goals for anyone in recovery. In the early stages of recovery, detoxification and breaking the grip of the abused substance necessarily takes […]
Pink Cloud Syndrome
Early recovery can be a treacherous time and requires constant vigilance and mindfulness to stay on track while battling intense cravings and feelings of loss. But for some, this time is marked by feelings of euphoria and palpable excitement. Recovery feels like the best thing in the world, and it seems like there’s nothing that […]
How to Keep Stress In Check This Holiday Season
The holidays are a stressful time of year for many, including people who don’t normally succumb to stress very easily. Many of the issues that make holidays stressful for those recovering from an addiction are often the same ones that are at the root of the addiction, including family and financial stress. Add to that […]
A Blueprint for Relapse Prevention
Relapse prevention is not as simple as avoiding drugs and alcohol. In fact, preventing relapse requires a strategy and a plan for handling risky situations. Many people relapse during the course of recovery, especially as an individual’s situation changes. Each situation we face may require a different aftercare strategy, but if we’re armed with the […]
Relapse Prevention Strategies for Summer
Relapse prevention can be particularly difficult during the summer months when we may feel more relaxed and less rigid about our behavior and routines. It is tempting to let your hair down over the summer, but remember preventing relapse requires your constant attention! Summer is the famous season for backyard bar-b-ques and parties. Often these […]
Volunteering Key Component of Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance abuse treatment and keeping up your recovery efforts are vital components to achieving long-term recovery. In light of today being National Volunteer Recognition Day, we at Destination Hope wanted to take this opportunity to talk about the very real impact volunteering has on a recovering addicts’ ability to maintain their sobriety.
Advice on Staying Sober this Holiday Season
Alcoholism treatment can help break the stifling cycle of addiction, but the holiday season can do quite the number on the recovering alcoholic. Individuals recovering from alcohol addiction know all too well how booze has become a permanent fixture on the holiday party circuit. So what is the recovering alcoholic to do? The stresses of […]
Tips to Avoid Relapsing this Holiday Season
Drug rehab centers know how hard the holiday season is on a recovering addict. Normal stresses can trigger a relapse in a former addict any time of the year, but the holidays have always seemed to pack a special punch. Statistics show that the holiday season – the time between Thanksgiving and New Years Day […]
Avoiding Relapse While Living with an Addict
Relapse prevention is on the forefront of every recovering addict’s mind. Relapse, for better or worse, is a part of the recovery process. Very few individuals get it right on their very first try. Life is too complicated. There are so many influences out there leading the recovering addict to abuse drugs or alcohol again, […]