How Addicts can Overcome their Fear of Recovery
Even though you may realise that you need to get clean, the thought of sobriety can be scary. Here are the most common fears, and tips for overcoming them. Major life changes of any kind add stress to life. Compounding such stress is the fear of the changes themselves. This is certainly true of recovery, where fear of sobriety can be a major obstacle to becoming sober. In this blog, we will explore common fears of sobriety and how to handle them. #1: Fear of Sobriety It may s
The Importance of Sleep in Alcohol Recovery
The importance of sleep has been proven time and again; it improves the mind’s memory and its ability to learn, it regulates the body’s metabolism, and it can also aid the alcohol recovery process. In addition to physical activity and eating healthy, an emphasis on regular sleeping patterns during alcohol recovery is a focus on holistic alcohol addiction treatment. Although sleep interruption may occur during the early stages of alcohol recovery, whether from withdrawal sympt
Addiction and Marriage
Marriage is for better or for worse, unfortunately many couples do not want to think about the ‘worse’. When it comes to a drug or alcohol addiction, the worse makes itself known. A drug or alcohol addiction can tear a marriage apart and eventually cause the couple to separate or divorce. Any children that are involved can be deeply affected, as well as other people close to the married couple. The Addict and the Marriage An addict becomes ‘married’ to the drug or alcohol; th
First 90 Days of Recovery for an Addict
The first 90 days of recovery are perhaps the most difficult time for an addict, and can be extremely difficult to manage. There are a high percentage of addicts and alcoholics that will relapse during the first 90 days. SHAFAHOME does not want to see people relapse, we teach all of our patients’ very useful tools and techniques for recovering from an addiction. We felt that it was important to give some advice to those who are not at our rehab and are in their first 90 days
Seven Healthy Simple Tips to Deal with Stress
The everyday ‘pace’ that we all experience seems to be getting faster and faster with age. It seems as though there is numerous tasks to complete, but yet so little time in which to complete them. If you are recovering from a drug or alcohol addiction, the last thing you need is an abundance of stress. Sometimes it may seem that you cannot eliminate your stress; your bills keep on coming, there is not enough time for your errands and your family, and career responsibilities c
How to Live an Alcohol Free Life
Alcoholism affects millions of people throughout the world. Whatever the reason a person has for consuming large amounts of alcohol, there are ways in which they can learn to live an alcohol free life. Below are simple ways that can help an individual discontinue drinking and stay on the road to recovery.
Learn to Accept Help
Realistically, quitting alcohol, or any substance for that matter, by your self is difficult and most people are unable to do so. An addiction to alc
6 Healthy Foods to Boost Your Addiction Recovery
In order to maintain a healthy recovery from an addiction you must pay attention to several things including your emotional, mental, and physical health; this includes your nutritional intake. By eating healthy, you are giving your body the essential vitamins and minerals that it requires. Through this, you are able to speed up your addiction recovery, boost your health, restore and maintain energy, elevate your mood, and keep your vital organs functioning properly. Below are
Make Your Recovery Goals Specific and Achieve Them
Setting goals and achieving them is crucial to your addiction recovery. If you attended a rehab, they will have most likely taught you how to set recovery goals and then how to accomplish them. What is important is that when setting your goals, you be specific on exactly what it is you want to achieve. Examples of Weak and Strong Goals Below are some examples of recovery goals. We will begin with a weak goal and try to change it into a more specific recovery goal. Doing this,
What You Should Know and Understand About Addiction Recovery
Recovering from a drug or alcohol addiction is a long process that involves many twists and turns, ins and outs, and ups and downs. A treatment programme can help prepare an addict in recovery, and their family, for what is to come in the near future; however, with so many important things to remember sometimes addicts or their families forget some of the most important points in recovery. Below are some important tools, tips, and basic information that you should know and un
How to Come Back After a Relapse
You’ve relapsed. Okay, you must accept that it happened, regain yourself, and get back on the path to a sober recovery. In reality, many addicts in recovery relapse at least one time; many have done so 2, 3, or 4 times before they stay on the right track for good. One of the biggest challenges that you must deal with is that you must face what happened. There is a common tendency to blame yourself and to think that you should have been able to avoid relapsing. Doing this is n
