Blog Posts - Staying Sober

Sober living is a place where substance abusers may choose live after they complete primary treatment for substance addiction. A sober living home offers a calm and secure living environment where residents can focus their energy on their sobriety a...

Sober Living Homes Sober living is a place where substance abusers may choose live after they complete primary treatment for substance addiction. The homes offer a calm and secure living environment where residents can focus their energy on their sob...

After struggling with alcohol addiction, Craig, from San Diego California, is now seven years sober. Watch the video below from Sober Nation to hear Craig’s sobriety story. The post Sobriety Story: Craig From San Diego appeared first on Lake...

Now three years sober, Daniel Radcliffe opens up about his alcohol addiction, relapse, and his road to recovery in an interview with Telegraph. Although he never drank on the job, Radcliffe admitted in a previous interview to showing up under the in...

  Having too much free time can be a recovering addict’s enemy. Being bored might bring on cravings and if you’re not careful it can result in a relapse. In order to avoid relapse, fill up your free time with healthy activities that...

While going through recovery, you’ll want to make some lifestyle changes to help achieve and maintain sobriety. These changes are not things that happen over night; they take hard work and dedication. However, when you commit to making certain...

Kelly Fitzgerald celebrated her three years sober from drugs and alcohol on May 7, 2016. Throughout her three years of sobriety, she has learned many important lessons and wishes to share them with others who are also in recovery. Sobriety is a lifes...

You’re recently sober and the fun summer activities you used to partake in which involved alcohol are no longer an option. What do you do when your summers used to revolve around playing beer pong at barbecues or drinking pina coladas by the po...

  There are many misconceptions about sobriety that might prevent people from seeking treatment and becoming sober. In an attempt to try to break down some of those misconceptions, here are four things that sobriety is not. Sobriety is not bori...

Do you have the urge to drink again? Sobriety is not easy but it’s worth it. Here are a few things to tell yourself to prevent relapse and keep you on the track of sobriety. “It’s not worth it.” “This is only temporary.&...

Historically, recovery was pretty simple: put a person through detox and keep them sober. Period. Sometimes it worked, but most often sobriety didn’t last. Instead, there was relapse after relapse and that person might have never truly recovere...

When someone writes a blog, they often share their most intimate moments. They are real, raw, and to the point. They share their experiences because they want to connect with others who have experienced the same thing or who are going through it now.

Recovery is a journey and it doesn’t end after leaving a drug rehab center. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon to experience a relapse but there are many strategies you can use to prevent relapse and stay sober. Here are a few things that you c...

Making sober friendships is a great way to help you stay clean and sober after recovery.  Of drug abusers currently in a treatment program or recently recovered, 40-60 percent will experience a relapse at least once, according to the National Instit...

Once you’ve gotten sober and as you proceed in your recovery, you may notice there are patterns you have that seem to affect your happiness, and perhaps that affect your sobriety. You may notice that they even get in the way of feeling satisfie...

You might remember that when you needed to get sober, there was an action that was required. You needed to do something like call a friend or contact a therapist or dial the number for an addiction treatment center. If you hadn’t taken that one...

Merry Christmas Recovery Friends, I have another wonderful guest article I have come across over on The Fix that really is helpful for all of us who live life in recovery. We can never be ready enough for when holiday stress comes our way in recovery...

During the holiday season, there are going to be many get-togethers with family and friends where alcohol most likely will be present. While in recovery or once you’ve completed a recovery treatment program, attending celebrations where there...

Social media can be an extremely powerful tool. Many social media platforms, such as Instagram with its 300 million active users, have proved to be a helpful resource in many different ways. A new study looked into how people use Instagram to help t...

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