Tag Archives: Recovery

Understanding Identity in Addiction Recovery: Who Told you That?

Woman on the shore As a pastor I get the holy and sacred privilege of talking with people at their most vulnerable moments in life. I’ve been with grown men who have wept at the bitter reality of life crumbling all around them and inside them. I have been with women who have dealt with relational pain and abuse [...]
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Make Your Bed, Change The World

Made Up Bed - Addiction Hope Recently my friend Jeff (who’s almost 130 days sober) told me one of the secrets to his success and his recovery has been the ability to change his rhythms and his routines from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to bed. When I asked Jeff, “What’s been the most important decision [...]
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Nature Hikes For Mental Health: What Are The Benefits?

Mountain Range Nature Hikes For Mental Health - Addiction Hope It's well understood that the culture of our lives has changed at breakneck speed. One of the drawbacks of such a pace might be the sharp increase in mental health and anxiety disorders. Though technology isn’t all to blame, it has changed the way we live our lives to such a degree that time outdoors [...]
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Meditation For Anxiety: How This Practice Can Be The Solution

Meditation For Anxiety On Beach - Addiction Hope Anxiety disorders are the most common type of mental illness in the United States. They affect more than 40 million adults across the nation. Children and teens suffer from these disorders, too, although it’s hard to determine the exact number. Whether due to fast-paced lifestyles or higher levels of stress, anxiety disorders have sharply increased [...]
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Allowing God to Help in Your Addiction Recovery

Man praying for God to help in your recovery Contributed by Staff of Timberline Knolls Addictions hijack our lives. We often don’t realize the bondage we are in as a substance, a process, or a behavior ever so slowly and subtly overtakes our thoughts, emotions, actions, relationships, and time. An addiction of any kind robs us of freedom, fullness, and simply the joy of [...]
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