Hooked on Recovery
Knitting and Crocheting Offer Many Mental Health Benefits A hobby like knitting or crocheting can provide many benefits beyond crafting a scarf or blanket. Some have likened the practice to meditation, where you focus and stay in the moment. It’s portable, too —...
Human Trafficking Awareness
January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month Colorado may not have the worst numbers or rates for slavery or human trafficking, but it’s not insignificant. It is aware of the problem and also has a program in place to help address it. Since 2010, U.S....
A Fresh Start
New Year, New Thinking, New Leaf As the year comes to a close a lot of people start thinking of turning over a new leaf According to one CNN poll, before year’s end, 43% of respondents said they’ll make a resolution. After January 1, however, the number of people...
Benefits of an Attitude of Gratitude
5 Ways Gratitude Can Improve Your Life For Thanksgiving, we gather to give thanks for family, health, friends, and more. It can be so much more than a few heartfelt words uttered around the table, however. An attitude of gratitude has numerous benefits. Some of those...
Sober October
7 Ways to Have Halloween Fun When in Recovery Halloween is nearly here and many of us want to celebrate in some way. If you’re in recovery, however, you might fear old haunts far more than a visit to the most terrifying haunted attraction. Fortunately, there are ways...
Sober Celebrations
Sober Celebrations Elevate Without Intoxicating Sometimes mocktails are where it’s at. Call those the drink of the “sober curious” or “sober sometimes” movement. It’s perhaps a natural progression from that little break some people take after overdoing it around the...
International Overdose Awareness Day
Overdose Awareness Day a Time to Mourn and Inform Covid wasn’t the only epidemic that we experienced in 2020. Drug overdose deaths soared, too, climbing nearly 30%, to 93,000. (In 2019, 70,630 people died from drug overdoses in the United States.) Most of the...
Back to School
Lesson Plan for Back to School: Keeping Things Safe and Keeping Things Sane Some children in the United States are back in the classroom, while others are still getting ready for the new school year. The Mountain region (which includes Colorado) tends to see students...
Fit for Recovery
Fitness Can Be a Powerful Tool for People in Recovery For people in recovery from substance use disorders, many say that the process becomes a little easier when they embark in physical activity and find a sense of community. A group like the Phoenix offers just that....
Protect Your Vision
One Way to Shield Eyes from Damage is to Drink Less Alcohol Summertime gets sunny, and many of us resort to protecting our skin from the sun with a hat or sunscreen, or by staying in the shade. We also are urged to protect our eyes from damaging ultraviolet (UV)...