There are few things more exciting than travel - getting to see new sights and experience new cultures. But unfortunately a lot of vacation culture is wrapped around intoxicants. Is it possible to travel without putting your carefully built sobriety at risk? Resoundingly, yes! There are obviously a few types of ... Read More
Life in Recovery
After treatment, many of the guards that were in place are gone and you may find the old factors contributing to your mental state or substance use creeping back. Along with our clinical services and alumni program, we’re dedicated to equipping our patients with the tools to maintain long-term health. In this section, we provide further tips and advice on living your best life in your best health.
Retrofitting Your Sober Life For Travel
Share Your Addiction Recovery Story, Start A Blog
After leaving an FHE’s Florida alcohol detox and treatment center it’s important to share your addiction recovery story. One of the key tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 step recovery programs patterned after it is the importance of sharing one’s story. There is tremendous power in gathering together to hear ... Read More
Gamify Your Recovery
Recovery is no game, but that doesn't mean we can't use the elements of games to help us in our recoveries. What is Gamification? Gamification is the process of using elements traditionally associated with games in other areas of life. We see this all the time. Google Maps, for example uses gamification to encourage ... Read More
Pets and Addiction Recovery
While this is probably no surprise to those of us who love animals, pets are incredibly helpful to people in recovery. It turns out that interacting with pets has been shown to release serotonin and dopamine in the brain. These are the same chemicals that are often released by drugs such as heroin and cocaine. Pets can ... Read More
Working Sober
A huge part of recovery is developing tools to avoid relapse. After we detox, the challenges of clean living begin. There are so many triggers in our lives, and if we don't explore them and become aware of them, we might relapse into our prior negative coping methods. Hard Work Work, is one of the biggest stress ... Read More
What is Wellness?
Wellness is one of those words we often hear, but can have a nebulous definition. People throw it around all the time--vegetable X promotes wellness, exercise Y is a wellness-centered activity--but what does this actually mean? At its simplest, wellness is the state of being healthy, but we can break it apart into ... Read More
Dating While Sober
In America, alcohol plays an enormous part in dating. People often meet in bars, and many relationships start with a drink in the hand. Even people who meet online, often choose a bar for their first face-to-face. There are many reasons why this happens, but being sober can change the tune in a way that people aren't ... Read More
What Does It Mean To Thrive?
When you are addicted to drugs and alcohol, it’s hard to live life looking for the little joys here and there. Since the decision to get clean, maybe it feels like everything is an uphill battle. It’s one of the hardest things you’ve ever done, going through medically supervised alcohol detox at FHE’s detox facilities ... Read More