Fall weather brings with it the urge to eat warm, comforting foods. It’s no different for people in recovery, and following a balanced diet is part of the healing process for those who are looking to achieve their goal of long-term sobriety. Cooking As A Recovering Addict Learning to cook, and not simply appreciate food,…
Addiction is a brain disease that affects the way individuals respond to both pain and pleasure. While a person may have initially turned to drugs or alcohol to get relief from emotional pain or to seek pleasure from their drug of choice, their brain’s neural pathways become altered with time and repeated use. The chemical…
Part of recovery from addiction is restoring your physical health. If you have neglected your diet during the time when you were actively using, you certainly were not alone. This is something that a number of people living with addiction tend to do, since their drug of choice tends to become their major focus. Once…
Would you like to eat healthier during recovery but you don’t necessarily want to be stuck eating “rabbit food”? Eating well means eating a variety of foods and having a balanced diet. It doesn’t mean that you follow any type of crash diet or decide that certain foods or groups of foods are “bad” and…
What do you think that nutrition in rehab should look like? Some people believe that people in recovery should be free to have a diet that is heavy on sweets, fat and junk food. The logic behind this way of thinking is that they have already given up so much by having to turn away…