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My Journey to Self-Acceptance
By Joanna Ahern, Alumni Care Coordinator, Hanley Center Acceptance is a topic that is discussed a lot in the rooms. In sobriety, there is a need to accept others and certain situations as they are rather than I want them to be. Yet the idea of acceptance for oneself...
Remembering the Holidays
Bart Ross, Recovery Services Manager I'm writing this remembering the holidays when I first got sober. My birthday is in October, and then November starts the holiday season. I got sober in June, and when October came around, I started thinking the world owed me...
Full-Blown Addiction in the Empty Nest
A married couple in their 50s—we’ll call Jack and Linda—were empty nesters as their grown children no longer lived at home or even close to home. Jack worked full-time in sales, and Linda only worked occasionally and began to have daily glasses of wine at home by...
Sober for the Holidays – Alumni Testimonial
Niki T - Hanley Alum The most notable family tradition for me and my family for a long time was my absence. I was in active addiction and the holidays for me were just another monotonous day, no different than any other, where I had to focus on what I needed to do to...
Why Beating Addiction Begins Before the Holiday Season Ends
The long holiday season can present additional challenges for someone struggling with addiction to drugs or alcohol. It’s likely you’re spending more time with family members and may not have the coping strategies to handle the pressures of being around them sober,...
Stress and the Nervous System
Our bodies create and release stress hormones through reactions of the nervous system. In this article, we will take a journey through that process so that we can more fully understand the stress response and its impact on our minds and bodies. It Begins in the Brain...
When Does Close Become Codependent?
When you aren't educated on healthy boundaries, it is easy to mistake enmeshment for intimacy. For people living with loved ones who have the disease of addiction, this lack of clarity can prove disastrous. Here, we’ll look at the difference between healthy closeness...
CBT Skills For Everyday Living
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a leading, evidence-based approach to the treatment of many mental illnesses. Magnitudes of research have been conducted on the efficacy of CBT. This research confirms that the skills used in the therapeutic process alleviate stress...
Codependency: Understanding Codependent Behaviors
What Is Codependency? Codependency means much more than “clinginess.” Some regard codependency therapy as a disorder or a disease, an ailment of the mind, body, and spirit, much like an addiction. For people who are living with codependency, the addiction is primarily...
Stress Management: Activating the Parasympathetic Nervous System
How to Activate the Parasympathetic Nervous System Most people know the fight or flight response is a characteristic of human survival whenever presented with a life-threatening situation. What is unfortunate is that this response is felt today by many people in...
Why Gender-Specific Therapy Groups Matter
Men and women have a lot to learn from each other in the recovery process. Though their lives are different, from their anatomy to the way they experience life, men and women still share their humanity, which will always bond them to each other. In mixed therapy...
Family Dynamics
Every family has their quirks, which make them stand out from every other family. Beyond quirks, family systems present specific dynamics which both positively and negatively contribute to the function of a family. Each family member has a role to play, which they are...
Pleasure And The Brain: The Neuroscience Of Why We Seek Dopamine
All of our experiences in life are chemically based, meaning, that our brain releases chemicals, specifically chemical messengers, and those chemicals interact with different parts of the brain. From there, the different parts of the brain communicate with each other,...
Not a Glum Lot
by Kellye DeBerry, Alumni Coordinator, Hanley Center When I came into the rooms of the 12-Step program, I played a scene in my head of how I pictured my life from that point on. And I imagined my life looking a lot like what is portrayed on TV and in movies. I...
Comorbidity in Older Adults
Dr. John Dyben, DHSc, MCAP, CMHP | Chief Clinical Officer He was 66 when the accident happened. A successful trial attorney, Jack was in good overall health and he loved spending most of his non-working time with his family, especially his 10-year-old grandson, Alex. ...
Don’t Let Impostor Syndrome Sabotage Your Recovery
Impostor syndrome is the persistent feeling that you don’t really deserve your success. People experiencing impostor syndrome typically feel like their success is a matter of luck or that they have somehow deceived others into believing they are smarter or more...
4 Ways to Fight Fatigue Early in Addiction Recovery
It’s common to feel fatigued early in addiction recovery. Exactly why you feel fatigued depends on your specific circumstances, though all of them relate to brain health. For example, if you’re recovering from cocaine addiction, your brain is trying to function...
5 Products With Hidden Alcohol
When recovering from addiction, it’s important to beware of challenges in any form. Stress is a major challenge for most people, as are people, places, and things associated with drugs or alcohol. It’s especially important to watch out for alcohol hidden in surprising...
8 Tips for Quitting Caffeine in Addiction Recovery
Studies suggest that people in recovery from a substance use disorder drink a lot of coffee. One study found that while about 64 percent of Americans drink coffee every day, about 89 percent of people in recovery drink coffee every day. That’s a significant...
The Sacrifices We Make for Sobriety
In the depths of addiction, many of us settle for low standards and unstable relationships that can actually exacerbate our suffering. The discomfort of addiction becomes comfortable. As the illness consumes us, we may even develop other addictions, such as gambling...
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