by Tracey L. Kelley | Apr 24, 2020 | Mental Health, Recovery
Stress doesn’t discriminate—any one of us can feel its effects, even when we try not to. The more you know about stress and how the condition impacts areas of life and health, the better equipped you are to modulate your response to it. Stress? What Stress? Many...
by Tracey L. Kelley | Apr 16, 2020 | Recovery
Noted author and researcher Brené Brown once said, “The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.” Brown, sober for more than 20 years and a mother of two, never fails to be open about her humanness, and...
by Tracey L. Kelley | Apr 1, 2020 | Recovery
At press time, the United States and other major countries have mandated social distancing. The point of social distancing is to slow down potential contagions by avoiding close public contact—such as at church, at the gym, in retail outlets, in the movie theater,...
by Tracey L. Kelley | Mar 20, 2020 | Mental Health, Recovery
One part of a successful recovery—and for that matter, a rewarding life—is knowing what is good for you and what isn’t. As challenging as it might be to admit, sometimes particular individuals simply aren’t good for your wellbeing. If that’s the case, it’s...
by Tracey L. Kelley | Mar 5, 2020 | Addiction
Why is it that some people can have a few glasses of wine after dinner and not seem to be affected? What about that person who drinks a six-pack during a Sunday afternoon football game? Or the folks who order numerous cocktails while club-hopping? Do they all have a...
