Tag: Addiction Recovery

Creating Boundaries With Yourself in Recovery

August 2, 2021 Avalon Malibu Staff Treatment Recovery

Setting boundaries is an essential part of the recovery process. Most people think this relates only to setting boundaries with others, but setting boundaries with themselves is a pivotal aspect as well. Personal boundaries are the mental, emotional, and physical… Read More ›

Eliminating Your Fears Like Peeling Away Onion Layers

July 14, 2021 Avalon Malibu Staff Fears

Have you ever wondered what life or different situations would be like if fear were not involved? The emotions human beings feel range from happy, sad, anxious, and all those in between. However, one of the most complicated and interesting… Read More ›

Finding the Role of Forgiveness in Recovery

May 19, 2021 Avalon Malibu Healthy Living Recovery

In each individual’s journey to sobriety, the recovery process can present many difficult and unique hurdles. Not only is it important to address one’s relationship with drugs or alcohol and learn how to cope with urges, but each individual is… Read More ›

Confronting the Language of Powerlessness

May 10, 2021 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Recovery

Recovery from an addiction to drugs or alcohol, and the anxiety, depression, or stress that may be present throughout the process, can take a toll on many aspects of daily life, down to the power an individual feels in everyday… Read More ›

The Basics to Using Shadow Work in Addiction Recovery

April 16, 2021 Avalon Malibu Alternative Treatment Recovery

We all have that side of ourselves, the parts of our personalities or life experiences that we don’t want to look at or want others to see. Maybe we’re afraid of how it makes us feel or how others could… Read More ›

Quitting Drugs Cold Turkey—Is It Safe?

February 25, 2021 Avalon Malibu Addiction Detox

Once you’ve made the conscious decision to quit using drugs or alcohol, you may decide to begin abstaining right then and there and without outside help. This method of quitting drugs and/or alcohol is commonly referred to as “quitting cold… Read More ›

The Value in Taking a Personal Inventory

February 23, 2021 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Healthy Living

After fully diving in and understanding the first three steps in a 12-Step Program, a person in recovery may begin working the fourth and very critical step, “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” Step 4 is one… Read More ›

Eating to Support Your Liver After Substance Abuse

February 19, 2021 Avalon Malibu Recovery Detox

One of the organs that is most affected by drug and/or alcohol abuse is the liver. After years of excessive drinking or abusing drugs, the liver has had to work relentlessly to rid the body of these toxic substances and… Read More ›

How To Help Someone Who Doesn’t Want Help

February 15, 2021 Avalon Malibu Treatment Addiction

You can feel helpless watching a loved one struggle with an addiction or poor mental health as they refuse to seek the proper help. It’s easy to get caught up in wanting to try to fix their problems yourself instead… Read More ›

Letting Go of Resentment to Find Long-Term Sobriety

February 13, 2021 Avalon Malibu Recovery Alcohol Addiction

Resentment may play an important role in fueling an addiction or as a potential trigger for relapse. It may have even been somebody’s resentments towards themselves or another that began their substance abuse as a way of numbing these negative… Read More ›