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Summer Activities for Those Working on Sobriety

by Paul Tucker | Jul 31, 2017 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Detox, Industry News, NA, Sober Living

    Summer recovery can be difficult. A lot of summer activities include alcohol, and when you’re struggling to keep sober, it’s not the best idea to be around such activities. Here’s a list of activities you can engage in this summer – drug and alcohol...

Do Drug and Alcohol Abuse Go Up in the Summer?

by Paul Tucker | Jul 15, 2017 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Company Updates, Detox, Industry News, Info Articles, NA, Sober Living

    Summertime is a time for being outside, heading to barbeques, and heading to bodies of water. Is there a correlation between summer activities and an increase in the rate of alcohol and drug abuse?  It seems that there is a correlation. A lot of summer...

The Importance of Self-Care for Family Members of Those in Recovery

by Paul Tucker | Jul 1, 2017 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Company Updates, Detox, Industry News, Info Articles

  Having a family member in recovery can take its toll on an individual as well as the entire family. It is important to engage in self-care while supporting the family member battling addiction or alcoholism. Playing caretaker to another person can be...

Step 9: Making Amends

by Paul Tucker | Mar 26, 2017 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Company Updates, Detox, Industry News, Info Articles, NA, Sober Living

  Once we’ve created our list of those needing our apologies, it’s time to go out and apologize to them and mend the broken relationships as best as we can. The traditional wording of Step Nine is: “Made direct amends to such people whenever possible,...

Step 8: Creating an Amends List

by Paul Tucker | Mar 14, 2017 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Company Updates, Detox, Info Articles, NA, Sober Living

  Step Eight of the Twelve Steps involves making a list of all those who were harmed by our addictions. The traditional wording of Step Eight is: “Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.” The Alternative 12 Steps...

Step 7: Embracing Humility

by Paul Tucker | Mar 4, 2017 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Detox, Industry News, Info Articles, NA, Sober Living

  Step Seven in the Twelve Steps asks us to embrace humility and remove our shortcomings. In the traditional wording, Step Seven reads: “Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.” In the Alternative Twelve Steps: A Secular Guide to Recovery, step seven reads:...
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