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Learning to flow with life is a game of letting go of control and beginning to allow yourself to feel present and safe in your body. If control is something that feels incredibly familiar, and uncertainty feels scary, letting go and allowing yourself to flow can feel challenging. Although, it is far from impossible.

Finding the motivation to recover when you are tired of healing can be difficult. Although it would be nice if the motivation was always present, this is not usually the case. To continue choosing recovery, remind yourself why you started in the moments when motivation feels absent and your recovery becomes vulnerable.

Being patient with yourself is one of the most critical parts of recovery from substance use or mental illness. Healing takes time, the process is not linear, and there is no endpoint since recovery is a life-long journey.

Interpersonal effectiveness is a core skill taught in dialectical behavior therapy. In weekly group therapy sessions, you learn how to communicate your needs and consider the needs of others while maintaining self-respect and integrity. Personality disorders and mental health conditions can make relationships feel like a rollercoaster of painful emotions; DBT can help.

One important aspect of wellness is finding routines and rituals that feel good for you and allow you to find inner peace when you feel you are clouded with self-judgment, fear, anxiety, and self-doubt. Creating time in your morning when you complete a specific routine can help decrease stress and anxiety levels. Allow this routine to ebb and flow with what feels good, what you have time for, and what you need to get the most benefit from implementing a mindful routine.

Cultivating the ability to feel safe being alone, especially if you are used to being around others to feel regulated, can be isolating, challenging, and confusing. While being in healthy and reciprocal relationships with others is important for wellness, it is just as important to have the ability to spend time with yourself to increase your sense of self, build self-confidence, and begin to trust yourself.

Contrary to popular belief, stress is necessary to have in life to continue growing and changing in ways that push you to be better. Yet, when stress becomes more than just “everyday” stress, it can cause anxiety and wreak havoc on your nervous system.

Addictive substances can be ingested and metabolized or injected intravenously (IV) or intramuscularly (IM). Depending on the substance being used, you may smoke, sniff, inject or ingest the drugs you are using. Of these methods, intravenous injection is the most dangerous and can cause significant harm, even with short-term use. When injecting drugs (PWID), you become highly vulnerable to severe health complications due to this harmful practice.

Creating new habits can be challenging, especially when you've been stuck in unhealthy cycles. When it comes to discovering wellness, forming new habits and giving yourself compassion as you learn to stick to them is essential.

Sometimes, usual practices in your life can stop feeling like they are working. It may feel like you know something needs to change, but you do not know what. Visualization can help you slow down and get in contact with what your intuition is guiding you to change.

When beginning recovery from any mental illness, it is important to ensure treatment plans use holistic healing methods. Holistic healing can lead to maintaining recovery in ways that some other treatment programs may not.

Known as a “party drug”, ecstasy can have a number of impacts on an individual's health and well-being. Entering into a substance abuse program can help a person get clean and recover. Learn about how ecstasy alters mood, and how its impacts on serotonin can cause lasting damage to the brain.