The holiday season is a time for celebration and cheer. Family gatherings, dinner parties, and other activities bring friends and loved ones closer to each other. While the holiday season is one of great happiness, it can be dangerous for those in recovery. Saying sober through the holidays is often...

Watching your loved one struggle with addiction can be extremely difficult. All you may want to do is provide help and support for your loved one as they suffer from their addiction. However, oftentimes many fail to realize that the “help” they are providing to their loved one suffering from add...

The Concept of Ego in Recovery Let’s first define the term “ego,” as we use it in our treatment programs at Spirit Mountain Recovery. Ego – as Eckhart Tolle best describes it, is an individual’s conditioned “mind-made sense of self.” It is who someone believes t...

The prospect of returning to daily life without knowing how to have fun in sobriety can be overwhelming. Completing rehab gives you new freedom and a chance to remake yourself, change your group of friends, and integrate fun, sober activities into your life. But what exactly are fun, sober activitie...