by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Jun 23, 2020 | Recovery
A Plan in Place In high school, I had a teacher who was fond of saying, “If you fail to plan, then you have planned to fail.” It wasn’t until I got older that the phrase took on more meaning for me. Without the safety net of caring adults that had always guided me...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | May 11, 2020 | Addiction, Recovery
There is no chronic disease with a zero percent relapse rate. Whether you’re talking about diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure or addiction, the people who struggle with these afflictions may have an occasional slip or even a huge setback after they’ve found...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Apr 26, 2020 | Recovery, Trending Topics
Avoiding Loneliness Isolation and loneliness are two of the biggest risk factors for relapse. In a time when we’re all being told to stay home and avoid people, how can a person in recovery still avoid becoming lonely or isolated? There are a number of sober...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Apr 16, 2020 | Recovery
Depending on your unique situation, you may or may not have had a lot of sober friends or family members to rely on once you decided to leave substances behind. Even so, you probably realize that a support system is critical for a person in recovery. If the support...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Mar 20, 2020 | Alcoholism, Recovery
According to the office of the Surgeon General, nearly 10.8 million young people, ages 12-20, engage in underage drinking, with up to 45 percent of 12th graders reporting that they have drank alcohol in the past month. In fact, more young people drink than smoke...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Mar 5, 2020 | Addiction, Recovery
It can be difficult for families to know how to proceed when one among them has struggled with addiction and is in the early stages of recovery. Family members tend to either avoid the person or cut them too much slack. A Happy Medium Both of these rather extreme...
