The Recovery Coach NY Blog
Time For A Habit Audit?
Wash, rinse, repeat - the shampoo instructions that have become a metaphor for being fixed in established routines. Like the routines students stick to not necessarily because they're beneficial, but because they're familiar. Complacency [...]
Seven Tips to Help You Find the Right Therapist…From The Fix…
7 Tips to Help You Find the Right Therapist (and Why You Need One)...From The Fix... By Rebecca Rush It was a therapist who first told me that I wasn't in therapy because I was [...]
How To Date Someone Who’s Sober…from Lifehacker featuring Cindy Feinberg.
How to Date Someone Who's Sober...from Lifehacker by Josh Ocampo Featuring Cindy Feinberg Dating’s hard as it is. For those in recovery from substance abuse, or simply don’t drink, it can be even harder. It’s [...]
How Addiction Stigma Prevents People From Getting Help….from The Fix…
How Addiction Stigma Prevents People from Getting Help By Sara Moore 02/19/19 The doctor believed that people with addictions are sneaky and dishonest, and maybe this is why. My treatment has repeatedly been delayed [...]
12-Step vs Smart Recovery: Are You Powerless or Making a Choice…from The Fix…
12-Step vs SMART Recovery: Are You Powerless or Making a Choice? By Kelly Palmer The problem with powerlessness is that it becomes all-encompassing and paralyzing. But the idea that addiction is a choice fails to [...]
Does Everything Actually Happen for a Reason…from The Fix…
Does Everything Actually Happen for a Reason? By Christopher Dale "Everything happens for a reason" conflicts with AA principles: it misleads recovering alcoholics into thinking they are special—that they are somehow more worthy of salvation [...]
Addiction or Mental Illness: Which Should You Treat First? From The Fix…
Addiction or Mental Illness: Which Should You Treat First? By Kristance Harlow Substance use can alter behaviors, moods, and personalities so severely for people with addiction that without specialized knowledge and experience, it’s difficult to [...]
