Yoga for Addiction Recovery: Transformative Wellness Practices
Holistic wellness programs are catching on to the benefits practicing yoga can bring to recovery from SUD and AUD. This ancient Eastern practice evolved over millennia, lead by spiritual and community leaders called “yogi’s.” The practice found its way...
Building a Strong Sober Community: Support for Long-Term Recovery
You can’t do it alone. Remember that. When you’re starting an outpatient program, you’ll need support to make it through the rough times and avoid relapse. Support groups and sober living programs are a must for your outpatient recovery...
Nutrition and Physical Health in Addiction Recovery: A Holistic Guide
At Carrara, we believe in a holistic approach to recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol. Your medical detox and therapy are foundational to your recovery, but they aren’t the only tools available to you during your time with...
10 Daily Habits to Strengthen Sobriety and Build a Healthier Life
Building healthy habits and planning productive daily routines are the cornerstones of recovery from addiction. When you plan your day and fill your time with activities and behaviors that benefit your body, mind, and soul, you’ll find it easier...
Harnessing Mindfulness: A Pathway to Addiction Recovery
In 1982, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Stress Reduction Clinic, based out of UMass Medical Center, was pioneering research into the burgeoning field of mindfulness and its impact on recovery. A decade later, in 1992, John Teasdale and Zindel Segal, together...
Identifying and Managing Triggers: Your Guide to Preventing Relapse
Breaking free from addiction isn’t as easy as waving a magic wand, and you’re cured. Addiction is a chronic condition, meaning it will follow you for the rest of your days. While you can get clean and sober in...
Holistic Approaches to Addiction Recovery: Mindfulness, Yoga, and Wellness
When you are an addict trying to get clean, the focus is on breaking the torturous cycle of addiction rampaging through your mind every second of the day. A medical detox takes care of the physical hold drugs or...
Relapse Prevention Strategies for Long-Term Sobriety
Addiction to substances is a “chronic” disease. That means it will trail you for the rest of your life, and you’ll never truly rid yourself of the affliction. That said, it’s possible to manage your condition. Relapse is always...
Family Therapy for Addiction Recovery
Are you one of the estimated 21 million American families with a family member suffering from Substance Use Disorder, or AUD? Maybe your teen daughter is hanging out with new people, and you think that she might be using...
Individual Therapy: A Path to Self-Discovery
Addiction to drugs and alcohol does more than wipe out your physical health. It takes a toll on your mind, instilling behaviors in you that you would never have dreamt of incorporating into your life when you were sober....
