Struggling with addiction or mental health?
You are not alone! In fact, 40 million individuals in the United States suffer from substance use problems. That’s one in seven individuals! Also, 43.8 million adults in the United States suffer from mental health issues. That’s one in five individuals! On top of that, multiple national population surveys have found that about half of those who experience a mental illness during their lives will also experience a substance use disorder and vice versa. The following blog posts are intended to help you overcome the negative symptoms you are experiencing.
- Step 9
- Step 8
- Step 7
- Step 6
- Step 5
- Step 4
- Step 3
- Step 2
- Step 1
- Complete a Twelve Step Program
- Maintain Integrity
- Decrease Symptoms of Anxiety
- Interpersonal effectiveness skill “walking the middle of the path”
- Interpersonal effectiveness skill, “finding potential (sober) friends.”
- Interpersonal effectiveness skill “how to end unhealthy relationships.”
- Interpersonal effectiveness skill “how intensely to ask or say ‘no’”
- Interpersonal effectiveness skill “FAST”
- Interpersonal effectiveness skill “GIVE”
- Interpersonal Effectiveness Skill “DEAR MAN”
- Maintain Healthy Relationships
- Retain/Maintain your Driver’s License
- Experience an Increase in Your Mental Health
- Acquire Better Job Opportunities
- Have a Healthy Family Life
- Align With Your Higher Power’s Will
- Avoid Jail Time: Jail Sucks!
- Get Back In Good Physical Shape
- Avoid Being Deceitful About Your Addiction
- Save Copious Amounts of Money
- Be Successful by Utilizing Highly Effective Habits you Need to Know! (Habit 7: : Sharpen the Saw)
- Be Successful by Utilizing Highly Effective Habits you Need to Know! (Habit 6: : Synergize)
- Be Successful by Utilizing Highly Effective Habits you Need to Know! (Habit 5: : Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood)
- Be Successful by Utilizing Highly Effective Habits you Need to Know! (Habit 4: Think-Win)
- Be Successful by Utilizing Highly Effective Habits you Need to Know! (Habit 3: Put First Things First)
- Be Successful by Utilizing Highly Effective Habits you Need to Know! (Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind)
- Be Successful by Utilizing Highly Effective Habits you Need to Know! (Habit 1: Be Proactive)
- Be Successful by Utilizing Highly Effective Habits you Need to Know!
- Avoid Cognitive Distortions (“Labeling” & “Personalization”)
- Avoid Cognitive Distortions (“Catastrophizing” & “Overgeneralizing”)
- Avoid Cognitive Distortions (“Emotional Reasoning” & “Overly Rigid Rule Keeping”)
- Avoid Cognitive Distortions (“Disqualifying the Positive” & “Jumping to Conclusions”)
- Avoid Cognitive Distortions (“All or Nothing” & “Mental Filtering”)
- Stay out of legal trouble
- Metaphorically speaking, use current events and circumstances as your muse.
- Prove to others and more importantly yourself that you can remain sober!
(Photo by Austin Chan)