We’ve seen multiple societal changes in our lifetime, from fashion trends to laws, to name just two, and as I wrote in my last post, there have been a number of changes to the thinking in the ...

Nearly 90 years ago, when Bill Wilson and Bob Smith joined forces to create the program that would become known as Alcoholics Anonymous, there was no O'Doul's section in the beverage aisle. There was ...

Emotional sobriety is an aspect of addiction recovery that focuses on regulating feelings and learning to face challenges without the use of substances. Developing emotional sobriety can support ...

Jenifer Levy, PhD, a psychologist who specializes in addiction issues, compares abstaining to “developing a new identity.” It is, she says, “a new way of being in the world. A new way of being with ...