Living Sober
Hey Now, You’re an All-Star: A Guide to Affirmations and Mantras
If you're in recovery, you have courage, willpower, discipline and more. Positive self-affirmations help you remember this and motivate you to stay on track. Here's how to practice them.
Ringing in the Season Sober: All Sober on FOX 5 DC
Maeve O'Neill, our EVP of addiction and recovery, joined Fox 5 for a morning news segment on celebrating the holidays with newly sober family members.
Get Yourself an Attitude of Gratitude. You’ll Appreciate It
Hopelessness is a trap of addiction. Learning and practicing gratitude in recovery is one way out. Here's how.
Can Creativity Help With Addiction Recovery?
You bet! Forget the old struggling artist cliché — flexing your creativity makes your brain strong, banishes stress, and improves your mental and emotional well-being. It goes a little something like this ...
Communication and Setting Boundaries in Recovery: This Might Clear Things Up
No need to yell — or roll over. Getting your point and your needs across is essential to getting meaningful support in recovery.
Turn the Page: Journaling Your Way Through Recovery
You're starting a new chapter, so pick up a pen! Journaling doesn't have to be a chore or a bore, and you may be surprised by how much it helps you untangle your knots.
How Do I Keep My Sobriety at Non-Sober Events?
In early recovery, it can feel tough. But a party doesn't have to be a crisis for you. Here's how you can protect your sobriety and maybe even enjoy yourself.
5 Paths To Finding Your Purpose in Recovery
Sober life can be daunting, uncertain — and exhilarating. Make the most of this opportunity.
Do a Little Dance, Make a Little Art: Hobbying Your Way Toward Recovery
There’s a rec league MVP — or coffee-and-crosswords whiz — inside all of us. Try these activities to make friends, while away an afternoon and treat yourself to some fun.
One Step at a Time: Take a Walk, Take a Hike!
Among the best ways to relax, escape and ruminate in recovery, it requires just two legs, one hour and zero dollars. Here's our guide to getting going.
Maintaining Sobriety Needs One Crucial Ingredient
In early recovery, few things are more crucial than creating a support system. Here's how and why to learn whom you can lean on in tough times, from family to sobriety groups.
The Best Thing That Sobriety Gave Back to Me
Sobriety and recovery bring a lot of surprising gifts over time, but when this author quit alcohol, she discovered a joy she never realized she missed.