All Emotions Welcome: Why Emotions are Okay

There’s no such thing as good emotions and bad emotions—they’re all what makes us human. Here’s why we should reevaluate how we view and treat emotions.

As a society, we don’t try to hide the simple fact that we don’t like emotions. We view them as weak, as troublesome and useless, specifically if they are termed “negative.” They get in the way of our everyday lives. As a result, we do not express what we feel but instead suppress our emotions.

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5 Tips for Parents on Managing Holiday Stress

This article was written and published by RCA. The holiday season can be full of joy and connection, but it can also bring stress and anxiety—especially for parents trying to juggle family expectations, holiday activities, and other responsibilities. Parents often bear the weight of making the holidays magical for everyone else, which can easily lead to burnout. Whether…

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A Guide on How to Support Someone in Recovery

Want to make a difference in someone’s recovery journey? Being a reliable source of support is often the best thing you can do. Your encouragement can help them overcome obstacles, celebrate their victories, and feel less alone in what can be a challenging process. Peer support and family support are equally important—no matter how you’re connected to the person in recovery, there are ways you can be part of their vitally important support system.

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Imagine Your Life After Addiction

Life can seem hopeless when you’re in the middle of an addiction. And these hopeless feelings can lead to resigning yourself to a life of dependence on alcohol and drugs. It’s a self-sustaining circle that keeps you in the middle of addictive activities.

However, there’s a way out. Faith based rehab facilities help people find their way out of the shadows of addiction through the teachings of the Bible. These words of truth act as a guide along the winding road to freedom from addiction. It takes a lot of work and dedication, but it is possible. Living a life free from addiction can give you a second chance.

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How to Strengthen your Relationship with God in Recovery

As a Christian drug rehab, we understand the importance of maintaining your faith in God and your relationship with Him in recovery.

As with any relationship, our feelings often fluctuate, and we often become distracted by other things. Recovering from addiction is an especially challenging journey that involves a lot of change and discipline. It can be difficult to stay on track when you lose your center and your way in the Lord. We’re sharing some tips on how to strengthen your relationship with God in recovery that can help you find your way again.

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Addiction Recovery & Sobriety Phone Apps

After completing a treatment program for alcohol and/or substance misuse, individuals are advised to remain connected to supportive family and friends, as well as to support groups. This includes returning to a safe home environment or attending a sober living facility, depending on the situation, circumstances, and needs of the individual. Doing so allows those in sobriety to get the support they need in order to reach long-term recovery. Addiction recovery apps contribute to maintaining this process by providing 24-hour access to support in some sort of capacity.

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How to Get Back on Track After Relapse

If you’ve just had a relapse and you’re researching what to do after relapse, you should feel incredibly proud. You’re not in denial, and you’re not hiding your head in the sand. Addiction is a chronic disease. That means that even when you go to rehab and get your symptoms under control, it’s not cured in the way an infection can be cured with antibiotics.

Substance use disorders occur for a mixture of genetic, environmental, and social reasons. It’s highly complex, but often a compulsion to numb or alter your consciousness comes from deep-rooted trauma.

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Inviting Change

If you have someone in your life who is using substances in a problematic way, you may often wonder what you can do to help them decide to change. You may be frightened or mad at them for making bad choices. It’s also likely you have absorbed the cultural message that there isn’t anything you can do to help because that would be enabling or that the only way they will change is when they bottom out. Science, however, offers some different options about how to help someone change…

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What Does the Bible Say About Enabling?

There are two sides to enabling: the positive sense of empowering others or the negative sense of encouraging dysfunctional behavior. Today, we’re going to focus on the negative form of behavior, in which an individual protects someone from experiencing the full impact and consequences of their actions. Enabling can be applied to many situations, with one of the most common being addiction. As a Christian drug rehabilitation center, this is a problem that we see in many of our clients’ relationships. For this reason, we’re answering the question “What does the bible say about enabling?” as well as the red flags of enabling behavior.

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Navigating Healthy Relationships in Recovery

A network of support can make a world of difference for people in recovery from addiction. The support from friends, loved ones, and peers in recovery can provide a sense of belonging and understanding when navigating the challenges of recovery. However, there are often roadblocks to having healthy relationships in recovery. Codependency and a lack of boundaries can make it difficult to build—or rebuild—trust and connection.

Healthy relationships in recovery are possible, but they take effort from everyone involved. This guide can help you navigate these relationships, whether you’re in recovery yourself or are supporting someone else who is.

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