The aim of Buddhism is to escape craving which is the source of suffering, and it is to escape craving that we come rehab – so we share a common interest. Here are five bits of wisdom from Thai Buddhist monks that might change your perspective forever and help with recovery.
Can the Buddhist practice of dream yoga help you wake up from addiction? Here is a fun way to explore your inner life that you can do while asleep.
Have you ever seen a caterpillar with wings? Me neither. If the only thing we do is quit drugs, it’s like a caterpillar who wants to fly, but doesn’t want to be a butterfly. More is needed to be free of addiction.
How can recovery become a new way of life? Should recovery become a new way of life? Important questions. In this post we will examine some of these issues and look at the steps we need to take to improve our chances of a complete transformation.
Here are five things it might be useful to know before drugs start to destroy our life. We can’t change the past, but we can learn from our mistakes.
Those of us who are in recovery may have an edge when it comes to being happy because of our honesty, strong support network, focus on helping others, and our willingness to face our fears.
It is often dissatisfaction with normal living that drives us to drugs in the first place so choosing this as our goal might not be the perfect solution. Rather than trying to live a ‘normal life’, it may be better to find out who we are and what we really want.
Life After Rehab When a client has finished treatment and arrives back home, reality then kicks in. Their environment, with all its triggers and difficultie
In this interview, Pete Doherty opens up on how he his drug addiction slowly destroyed his life, why he chose Hope Rehab to start his recovery, and what advice he’d give to those who are still struggeling.
Relapse and the Appeal of Living in a Garbage Bin – Imagine living in Disneyland yet making the choice to spend all of your time hiding in a trash can. This is how I’ve come to view addiction.
