If you are in recovery or know someone in recovery, you are likely aware of the proximity of addiction to mental health issues. Addiction, like mental health, has a long history of being stigmatized. Fortunately, the discussion of hidden mental health disorders has been receiving tremendous attention lately. With such ... 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.
Featured in Life in Recovery
Milestones in Recovery: Why They’re Important and What to Celebrate
Great Reasons to Be Proud of Yourself
Taking Care of Your Mental Health in Recovery
Finding Recovery as a Family
Are you struggling with an addiction? Is one of your family members struggling with the difficult process of an addiction? While addiction has the most detrimental effects directly on the user, it may shock you to realize that addiction can also have very serious negative side effects to the family members of someone ... Read More
How Sleep Helps Your Recovery
For some people sleep is not a priority. They fully admit that they are able to function without sleep. Many individuals will sacrifice sleep to have more relaxation time after work, sacrifice sleep for going out, or even to do work or school projects. Sleep is thought of as something that is nice, but not needed. This ... Read More
Understanding the Risk of Relapse and The Necessity for Relapse Prevention Therapy
Relapse is not necessarily a reflection on the success or failure of the treatment someone struggling with addiction has had in the past. Addiction is a chronic disease that, like many other chronic diseases, can result in relapse as someone is trying to recover. There are other chronic diseases that need constant ... Read More
Retrofitting Your Sober Life For Travel
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
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
