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Learning to Love Yourself in Recovery After Bad Relationships

Spero Recovery Center / By Alyssa McMahon

Relationships can be amazing, but they can also be traumatic and leave you with mental health illnesses. These mental health illnesses can include depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), lowered self-esteem, and addiction. Having a history of bad relationships can make recovery from substance use disorder (SUD) and learning to love yourself more difficult. For [...]

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Different Approaches to Treatment for Men vs. Women

Spero Recovery Center / By Alyssa McMahon

Recovery can have different approaches to treatment. These different approaches help you find the best program to fit your needs and help you be the most successful in reaching your goals of long-term sobriety. The programs may vary in the method of treatment, duration, and gender. Spero Recovery wants to help you find the best

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Steps 8 & 9 in Practice: Making 12-Step Amends in Real Life

Spero Recovery Center / By Alyssa McMahon

Literature tells us how to make 12-Step amends. But as we quickly learn, simple instructions aren’t necessarily easy to execute. Below, learn some of the best practices for righting the wrongs caused by active addiction. Although human relationships will always be complicated, doing our best to repair the damage restores our self-esteem and helps the

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What Are Study Drugs?

Spero Recovery Center / By Alyssa McMahon

It can be overwhelming trying to juggle school, work, relationships, and your mental health. Balancing all of this can make you turn to unhealthy alternatives to help you, such as study drugs. These drugs can help you focus and stay awake for longer periods of time, but they can also have harmful effects on your

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What Are 12-Step Programs?

Spero Recovery Center / By Alyssa McMahon

Your recovery journey is one of if not the most important times in your life. This means finding the right program and people to surround yourself with is crucial to your recovery. The 12-Step model has been seen as a great way to work through treatment and recovery and, hopefully, your successful long-term sobriety. At

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How to Stop Defaulting to Negative Thinking Patterns in Recovery

Spero Recovery Center / By Alyssa McMahon

Having a pattern of negative thinking can make your life, especially during recovery, more difficult. They can affect your mental health and your ability to function daily. Breaking these habits can feel almost impossible. At Spero Recovery, we want to help you stop these patterns and help you on your recovery journey. What Are Negative

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The Controversy of Ketamine: Why It May Not Be as Advertised

Spero Recovery Center / By Alyssa McMahon

Ketamine is a drug used for a variety of treatments for different conditions. It is seen to be helpful and effective, but it is still a drug that has adverse side effects and can lead to addiction when misused. The fact that it can lead to addiction has made it a controversial treatment drug. If

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How Group Therapy Helps You Turn Inward Through Peer Support

Spero Recovery Center / By Alyssa McMahon

Recovery is a long process that uses many different treatment methods. One of these methods includes group therapy. Group therapy can provide peer support and help you work through the steps of your recovery. Spero recovery wants to help you on your recovery journey through the use of alumni and group sessions. What Is Group

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How to Curb Expectations and Set Achievable Goals

Spero Recovery Center / By Alyssa McMahon

Setting attainable goals and expectations is very important for all aspects of your life, especially during recovery. They allow you to have something to look forward to and work toward. This motivates you to keep your life on track to reach your goals. Setting realistic goals also helps so you don’t get discouraged during recovery.

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