Every month on our blog we feature stories of recovery from our addiction recovery podcast, TDH Voice. This blog originally appeared on tdhvoice.com and Joy’s story was also featured on episode 18 of the TDH Voice podcast. Though she never struggled with addiction herself, Joy’s experience with addiction has followed her through her whole life. Her...
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How to Let Go of Toxic Relationships
This blog post originally appeared as a Facebook Live video with The Discovery House counselor, Tebei. All relationships are hard but have you ever wondered about whether someone in your life was adding to your life or merely taking from it? Let’s say you’re trudging up a hill and you have a carriage behind you...
How Not to Deal With a Breakup in Recovery
Guest blog post by Single and Sober, a dating website tailored specifically for people in long-term recovery. We believe dating in recovery is possible and sober dating is our specialty. Valentine’s Day is a holiday pitched as the excessively pink day for romantic love. But sometimes we do not always end up with the right person, and...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Dating in Sobriety
Whether single, married or somewhere in- between, sober dating and having a great time don’t have to be mutually exclusive from each other. Alcohol on the dating scene is primarily used to break down fears and inhibitions, concealing ourselves in dimly lit bars and behind drinks. Taking alcohol out of the situation means being more...