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31Dec
New Year’s Resolutions
The Truth About New Year’s Resolutions If you are reading this that means you made it through the holidays. Congratulations! — Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years are finally over and you can get back to your normal life. But, oh, those nagging New Year's resolutions! If you are like most people though, you don’t exactly want to go back to the same old same old. You want to start off this year by living better, healthier, fuller, so you made a New Year’s...
28Dec
Survive New Years Eve
How to Survive New Year's Eve What’s the biggest party of the year? New Year’s Eve! New Years carries a powerful tradition often associated with drinking which can be triggering, a 'slippery slope' for someone in recovery from alcoholism or other addiction. If you are in recovery from alcoholism or other forms of addiction, wanting to stay clean and sober, how do you survive New Years Eve? No Fun for The Addict or Alcoholic While New Year’s Eve is traditionally a celebration of...
21Dec
Home for the Holidays or Rehab?
Family Holiday - Trigger! Family holidays can be wonderful occasions, just like a Norman Rockwell illustration where everyone looks happy. On the other hand, they can be nothing like that at all. They can be a big trigger! Perhaps you grew up in an alcoholic or similarly dysfunctional home and when you get together with your family of origin, you reprise the same role you played growing up: a clown, a scapegoat, or the perfect child. You’ve been battling your demons for...
11Dec
Sober For Christmas?
The Gift of Sobriety this Christmas! Why the Holiday Season is a Good Time to Choose Rehab Sober for Christmas If an addiction has taken over your life, you are probably going to be approaching the holiday season with a sense of dread or excitement – maybe a bit of both. This is a time of year when there are plenty of excuses to party, but there is also the risk of ruining another Christmas for the people we love. A Safe Haven over...
03Dec
Spending Christmas In Rehab? Yes!
It May Be Your Best Idea Yet to Spend Christmas in Rehab! Chritmas is fast approaching, again. Countless will wish you a "Merry Christmas". Oh, "bah humbug", may cross your mind! That’s a sentiment expressed by many people at this time of year. The pressures can be unbearable for such a joyous time, even more so for addicts and alcoholics, even if they are sober in recovery. But Why? Old Wounds Cut Deep Let’s forget about the stresses of buying gifts and how much...
18Nov
Thanksgiving, Sobriety & Your Family
Your Thanksgiving Sobriety & Your Family The US is about to celebrate Thanksgiving. From John & Jane at Serenity Vista, we wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving! Another opportunity to be grateful for all we have. It is especially important at this time of serious geopolitical, macroeconomic, and health related concerns. In spite of such issues, practicing acceptance reminds us that even now, there is much to be grateful for. The 'attitude of gratitude', fostered by 'being grateful', changes everything. "Change the way...
08Nov
Addiction Treatment in Central America for English Speakers Worldwide
Beautiful Central America Central America is showing up on the radar in North America, South America, the UK, The Netherlands & Europe as a desired destination for vacation travel, eco-tourism, and medical tourism including for alcohol & drug addiction treatment ("drug rehab"). Central America, famous for its warm and welcoming peoples including many self-governing indigenous groups. Both the Pacific and Caribbean oceans border most countries. Delicious exotic fruits, spectacular flowers and the world’s best shade grown and handpicked specialty coffees. The mountain...
05Nov
How to Tell Your Loved Ones About Going To Rehab
Do your loved ones support you going to rehab? Usually, family and loved are grateful you are making the decision for healing in your life. It is likely no surprise to them that you need rehab, nevertheless, there are sometimes reasons why they might be against you going to rehab. You may need some assistance in the process of how tell your loved ones about going to rehab. They tell you you’re not really that bad. (If you are “that bad,” they must be...
25Oct