How Friends and Accountability Helps Your Recovery
Addiction thrives on isolation and deception. Denial gets in the way of making you see that you have a problem, or think that things “aren’t so bad” or your addicted life is easy to manage. A lifestyle of active addiction is characterized by working to make sure that other people don’t know how much your […]
Dealing With Conflict In Recovery: How To Handle Obstacles In A Healthy Way
Conflict is an unavoidable part of our lives. It naturally arises as a result of people’s opposing needs, desires, miscommunications, and just plain self-centeredness. It can seem like the best way to handle conflict is by avoiding it altogether, but in the end, this kind of approach can cause more damage than it does good. […]