Tips for Staying Sober During the Holidays
One of the joyous aspects about recovery is that you get to redesign your life in a way that beings…
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Creativity And Problem Solving At AToN Center
At AToN Center the residents create beautiful floral arrangements as part of a mindfulness and meditation exercise. The exercise illustrates…
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Sobriety and the Holidays
The holidays can be a very difficult time for people who are newly sober, but then again it can also…
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Codependency – A Type of Relationship
Codependency is a type of relationship where one person care-takes or otherwise allows another person to continue in some kind…
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Sometimes It’s The Small Things
Often times, treatment for substance and alcohol abuse can focus on big picture issues. This can include working on a…
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Maintaining Motivation
Residents at AToN Center are making major lifestyle changes. They “reset” their lives in a way – they stop drinking…
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Drinking Alcohol And Using Drugs
We humans are communal by nature. We depend on each other for our physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs. Drinking…
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Live With a Higher Purpose
Lately I have found myself asking our residents the following question: “What do you do that brings you self fulfillment…
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Meditation, a Practice of Listening
Inhale through the nose, hold for a count of 4, exhale through the mouth… When we sit quietly and focus…
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