Great Oaks Recovery Center Blog

Spirituality, however you choose to embody it, gives you purpose, love, and perspective through connections that matter most in your worldview. For some people, spirituality may be listening to a sermon in a congregation. For others, it’s a long solitary walk in...

During the recovery process, we are asked to reconsider some pretty serious lifestyle choices, like reworking our social calendars to fit our new routines or picking up a healthy hobby to replace a less healthy one. Of all the many ways we...

As if raising another human being wasn’t daunting enough, trying to do it effectively while on a personal healing journey occasionally presents challenges. Fortunately, there are many support programs and other resources you can rely on for tips on parenting in recovery...

Many people are initially resistant to engage in professional counseling because they consider it “navel-gazing,” or it isn’t in their nature to sit and talk about feelings, or certain circumstances are simply too challenging to address at a particular time. However, once...

No one is completely immune to addiction—not even the highest of society’s achievers. For many, living in the United States means living in a culture of high achievement. Our culture seems to demand that we work tirelessly to improve our financial and...

Choosing to follow a sobriety journey is a courageous and daunting task. There are many changes you have to make, and unfortunately, statistics indicate that 40–60 percent of people will experience some form of relapse. But it’s important to recognize that feeling...

While researching addiction treatment options, many people are surprised to learn just how many types of therapy are available. Without a doubt, talk therapy is an essential method, but there are other approaches you might respond to as well. For example, knowing...

Trauma and Addiction: How to Help a Loved One Recover from Both Traumatic experiences are those that cause physical, mental, spiritual, or emotional harm to an individual. They can come in many forms--from the death of a loved one to domestic abuse...

If you completed an inpatient rehabilitation program, hopefully you received a continuum of care plan that outlines points specific to your recovery. Identifying primary triggers was probably part of this process, too, so you could apply new learned behaviors as coping mechanisms....

Although stress, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and addiction rates are high for professionals in the military, law enforcement, and emergency response, many Veterans and first responders don’t seek help for drug and alcohol misuse because they’re not confident their unique situations...