Why Shame is Not Your Friend
Researcher Dr. Brené Brown describes shame as the intensely painful feeling that we are unworthy of love and belonging. It's the most primitive human…
Category: SELF-CARE
Give Yourself the Gift of Self-Care this Holiday
How well are you caring for yourself this holiday? Allies in Recovery can help you get back on track. This inspiring, shopping-mall flash mob from our…
PTSD: Does Post-Recovery = Post-Traumatic?
Do some of these symptoms describe you? A parent wrote me recently that it felt like he had PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) from having lived th…
It’s Really Hard Not to Say Anything When He’s Drunk
"But it’s soooo hard not to be angry or not talk negatively WHILE he's drunk. WHILE he's not doing the things he said he would…
Nurturing the Emotions
If we don't have an outlet to express our emotions, they will accumulate in the mind and body, negatively impacting our mental and physical health…
The Road to Recovery: Our Child’s Early Sobriety
An Allies in Recovery member writes from the heart, sharing his experience of being the parent of an adult child in early recovery: "We were in the be…
Scared & Hopeful – Thoughts on Our Child’s Early Sobriety
"At [100 days], we found ourselves with fairly high expectations – When will he get a job? Is he progressing through his step work? Does he…
It’s Not Either/Or … Your Health Counts Just As Much
A parent wrote me recently that it felt like he had PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) from having lived through his son’s active addiction a…
Self-Care for the Mind
How do we stop the negative tape loops in our heads and treat ourselves with greater compassion and positivity? In part 3 of our self-care series, we …
Do You Mind if I Give You a Bit of Advice?
Having a Loved One who struggles with addiction is one of the best ways to attract advice from all directions. Who to listen to? Who to igno…