Recovery


Has anyone else's loved one quit their drug of choice and kept drinking alcohol safely? (3)
Can you relate and offer any advice on dealing with relapse 18 months in? (10)
When your loved one gets clean, what's the next biggest hurdle? (4)
How has your loved one learned to socialize sober? (8)
How to protect my husband from his brother, while supporting their relationship? (1)
Everything is going great, then you find an empty bottle of vodka - how do you handle it? (4)
What to do if he is acting distant after relapse, saying that he doesn't have emotion anymore? (12)
Can the brain "go backward" in the healing process? (2)
She was clean for a few months before her last relapse. How can I help her maintain that? (7)
How to deal with a loved one in recovery and is using marijuana? (5)
Has your loved one quit smoking? (3)
In recovery what kind of work has worked well for your loved one? (13)
How to gauge where your loved one is at in terms of relapse? (6)
Routines: does your loved one have them, use them, how vital are they to their recovery and do you play any part in them? (5)
Helping my fiance get and commit to staying clean - feedback welcome! (7)
What's the reality about someday being able to drink moderately? (7)
How do you make sure that your loved one doesn't use again? (13)
I feel LOW. This morning I found an empty bag, what now? Can I just go back to bed :) (4)
What to think when you find signals he might be using but he says he isn't? I believe him, but this is weird (7)
How do we own our piece of the story - when it's grounded in...my loved one's struggle with addiction? (4)
If I'm training and educating my loved one in recovery, is that considered controlling or am I helping them in a healthy way? (8)
Enabling or helping: to do the laundry or not? (6)
When drug use stops and the behaviors continue - any tips or experiences like this? (1)
How do I confront him about using again? (2)
How hard do you push or investigate to see if someone is lying to you about using? (4)
What can I say or do to get my mind off of the urge? (5)
Any strategies to shift behavior away from drinking to something more healthy? (4)
What do you wish you had known at the beginning of the recovery process? (4)
Is it progress to be open with substance use or am I enabling? (6)
Is it ever ok to 'test the waters' with alcohol if drug use is the primary addiction? (5)