Stay Strong in Your Recovery During the Holidays The holiday season presents particular challenges to those suffering from substance use disorder. While it would be ideal for the holidays to be a time of unfettered enjoyment, relaxation, and downtime from the work and stresses of life, it is not always

What happens when I relapse? 5 Signs to look for For preventing a relapse, it is important to recognize warning signs before the actual relapse happens. Here are five signs to look for that may help you prevent a relapse: You get complacent. Sometimes when recovery is going well, you

Families Need Recovery, Too Substance Use Disorder affects one’s body, mind, and soul—but the damage doesn’t end there. Families and friends also suffer as their loved one’s dependency progresses, stress builds, and communication starts to break down. Families need to recover from the disease, too. It is not uncommon for

4 Healthy Habits To Help You Stay Clean & Sober A big part of recovery is breaking the old habits that reinforced addiction and replacing them with healthy habits that support recovery. Some aspects of breaking these “bad habits” can be incredibly emotionally difficult, such as cutting ties with old

What’s Grief Got To Do With It? From Kelly Scaggs, Clinical Director at Fellowship Hall What does grief have to do with addiction? I would venture to say a lot more than most people think. Grief can be a huge relapse risk, especially when it goes unaddressed. At Fellowship Hall

“I got sober in 2001 – I look at it as a JV version of what the problem is. I got sober for a couple of years… then I started drinking again every day…it is important for me to be sober now… I wasn’t who I thought I was. It

When the Doctor Is In… Treatment: When Helpers Need Help What happens when those who treat, support, heal, or educate need treatment, support, healing, and education of their own? This is a question that many professionals are negotiating when they enter treatment for their own experience of addiction disease. As

6 Strategies to Avoid Relapse Triggers Protecting your recovery at all costs must be emphasized at every stage of recovery.  Because relapse starts well before a person picks up a drink or a drug, it is essential to understand what your relapse triggers are. You may ask, “What the heck

90 Meetings in 90 Days…It’s not just for newcomers! By Caroline Tisdale, Fellowship Hall Counselor If you’ve recently completed treatment, your counselor probably suggested you attend 90 meetings (AA or NA) in 90 days – and you probably wondered, “do I really need to go to a meeting every single

We Are Family: Loving a Person with Substance Use Disorder   How did we get here? Many of us know the feeling of anxiety that we get when we are concerned about a loved one’s substance use. That feeling of fear often leads us to try to manage, “help”, or