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Sober Holidays Events Orange and Anaheim

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Having sober fun with others in recovery is an essential practice which is both fun and strengthening.  Behaviors and activities practiced in addiction need replacement. Building a sober support network of friends will sustain your recovery over time.   Following are some sober holiday events and resources in Orange and Anaheim. Participate in some of […]

Sober Holidays Events Mission Viejo and Laguna Hills

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Part of engaging in recovery is building clean and sober relationships and participating in sober activity. Learning to have fun with others sober replaces some of the behavior patterns practiced in addiction. Following are some sober holiday events and resources in Mission Viejo and Laguna Hills. Strengthen your recovery by participating in some of the […]

Recovery at Home: Where Long-Term Sobriety Happens

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Sober practices and recovery skills need to be applied directly at home and in real life. Recovery is much more than understanding the problem and helpful solutions. Recovery is behaving and practicing newly learned skills at home. Recovery is avoiding and/or coping with relapse triggers which occur in daily life.   The protection an inpatient […]

Orange County Thanksgiving Holiday Sober Events

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Thanksgiving is the beginning of a season of celebration, yet a season which can be threatening to early sobriety. Maintaining a plan of recovery while others “party” can be challenging and strengthening if successful.   The seduction of trying “one drink”, “one toke” or “one line” can be overwhelming to someone new to recovery who […]

Drug Epidemic and Death is MORE than Opoids

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A recent article by the Los Angeles Times By Melissa Healy September 20th, 2018 | 11:50 AM Americans have long construed drugs of abuse as choices. Poor choices that can cost users their lives, to be sure, but choices nonetheless. But what if drugs of abuse are more like predators atop a nationwide ecosystem of […]

From Sensation and Avoidance to Serenity

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Addiction creates heightened needs for sensation. Its consequences produce the need for avoidance. What was once a short-term thrill or remedy, becomes a repeated pattern of running to and from. Attachment to the chemical solution becomes increasingly strong. In the turmoil created by using short-term solutions over a long span of time, medium to long-term […]

EAPA San Fernando Valley

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  EAPA San Fernando Valley August 24, 8:30am Networking  9 – 11 am 2 CE Presentation (without break) Managing and Understanding the Angry Client/ Employee Anita Avedian, M.S., LMFT, CAMS-IV, Certified v  Anger Management Specialist IV, Director, Anger Management 818    Meeting Location: Foundations Los Angeles 17167 Ventura Blvd., Encino CA 91316 For details, special accommodations or to RSVP, please […]

Real Time Recovery in Real Life

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  When you find yourself with an addiction or alcoholism, do you move away or do you change in real life? External remedies are often sought to solve internal matters. Eventually, change has to happen in real life in real time. A safe and comfortable retreat where all needs are met sounds like a great idea […]

Freedom from Want for Christmas

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  For Christmas, I want to be freed from my wants. Rather than fantasizing about and striving for things and events which bring pleasure and relieve discomfort, in recovery we act to give, rather than to receive. Our motives shift from feeding an appetite toward higher purposes and being one with others. Recovery grants fulfillment, […]