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6 Steps to Strengthen Your Recovery

Help strengthen your recovery with these simple steps.

Help strengthen your recovery with these simple steps.Addiction recovery is an ongoing process that doesn’t end when your initial treatment is complete.Addiction recovery is an ongoing process that doesn’t end when your initial treatment is complete. Practicing self-care is crucial to making sure that your recovery continues on the right path. Small changes in our every day lives can have a huge impact on our overall health and wellbeing. Here are six, sustainable steps to strengthen your recovery:

Step One: Get Moving. Find ways to be active that you enjoy and do them on a regular basis. Exercise is such a key element in keeping your brain healthy and your recovery strong. There are so many benefits to exercising, such as reducing stress, managing weight, improving brainpower, and more.

Step Two: Eat Right. Your diet can have a huge impact on your mental and physical health. Try to avoid crash diets that can leave your body feeling unsupported and aim for a diet of balance and moderation. Try to eat fresh fruits and vegetables and rule out any food allergies that might cause any unnecessary strain on your body.  Read more

Keep Moving Foward: Mental Health Benefits of Exercise

Here are some reasons why you should take advantage of the mental health benefits of exercise. Boot camps, yoga, biking, and more. Keep moving forward!Listing the mental health benefits of exercise makes us realize just how important it is to a sound recovery.

Sometimes the most basic things offer the most life changing solutions. Exercise can have a major impact on our daily lives as well as our overall health and well-being. Staying active is key to keeping our brains healthy and an overall recovery strong. The great thing about exercise is that it comes in many forms, biking, swimming, running, weights, yoga – there are many ways to reap the rewards of staying active.

Here are a few of the mental health benefits of exercise

  1. Reduces stress and anxiety.
  2. Boosts ‘feel-good’ chemicals in the brain.
  3. Increases brainpower, improves memory/focus, and protects against cognitive decline.
  4. Bolsters self-esteem.
  5. Cranks up your energy.
  6. Promotes relaxation and better sleep.

The key is to find types of exercise that you enjoy doing so that you are more likely to want to keep doing them. Try to do some form of exercise on a regular basis and change it up every once and while. Read more

Rehab Atlanta Style: Spend a Day at the Beach!

Rehab Atlanta style includes heading to the beach for some R&R!

Rehab Atlanta style includes heading to the beach for some R&R! Here are beaches within driving distance to make sure your addiction recovery includes relaxation!Drug and alcohol rehabilitation is an ongoing practice. We’re here to help you find ways to continue your recovery journey. And one of the tools, you learn early on is that finding a sober life means finding ways relax. Drugs and alcohol are often used to escape, relax, relieve pain or tension, or to reward or celebrate. So in recovery, you need to learns to do this in other ways. Rest and relaxation aren’t optional elements of recovery, they’re essential.  Read more

Recovery in ATL: Piedmont Park in Spring!

Visit Piedmont Park in the spring – it’s a great place to spend time if you’re in addiction recovery in ATL! Visit Piedmont Park in the spring - it's a great place to spend time if you're in addiction recovery in ATL! Here's a list of spring activities for healthy living practices.

Spring is here and it’s time to re-motivate your healthy living practices. Spending time in nature, eating well and exercising are all important elements to a successful, long-term recovery. And what better place to do it all than Atlanta’s very own Piedmont Park.

Some great activities in Piedmont Park for those in recovery in ATL: Read more

Recovery in New Orleans: Giving up Booze after Mardi Gras

Recovery in New Orleans after Mardi Gras: the Boeuf Gras float has passed, Rex toasted, and the King Cake is gone, are you unable to end the party?This is the time of year that Recovery in New Orleans discusses giving up booze after Mardi Gras. Not only is it the end of an indulgent time of year for the city and its people, but for some it marks the beginning of Lent when they try (and in the past often failed) to quit alcohol on their on. If you keep finding yourself in this cycle, read on to discover how to obtain a healthy recovery in New Orleans. Read more

Sober Dating in Atlanta

Sober dating in Atlanta could include a walk on the BeltLine or a bike ride in Piedmont Park. Are you ready to mingle in your new life? Here are some tips:Sober dating in Atlanta doesn’t have to be as daunting as it might sound to some. If you follow some simple guidelines and steer clear of situations your sober self isn’t quite ready for, you could be well on your way to enjoying a relationship in this new, healthy time in your life, free from the strains of drugs or alcohol. Read more

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