Roots Recovery Blog

If you’re struggling with alcohol or substance abuse, you’re not alone. The first step to a life of recovery is…

Addiction recovery is a lifelong process, but effective coping skills can make a world of a difference in the ease…

For those struggling with alcohol or substance abuse, fellowship with other people who are also going through the recovery process…

Life in active recovery can feel like you are constantly working towards something, but what you’re working towards isn’t clear..

Do you or someone you care about have concerns about starting rehab? If so, you’re not alone. As any of…

Rehab is a life-changing step for someone with a history of addiction. Unfortunately, the stigma surrounding drug and alcohol addiction…

When managing the unpredictable challenges recovery can bring, it can help tremendously to establish a strong, stable foundation…

Addiction can happen to anyone, from powerful executives to service industry workers, but some factors put people at higher risk.

Let’s be honest: how often does helping others sound like the last thing you want to do — not because you don’t care, but because you just don’t feel like you have the energy?

Addiction is expensive. Early in recovery, money can be difficult to manage: spent savings can lead to shame and guilt that make it hard to think too much about money.

Addiction stigma is a complicated problem with no easy solution. The assumptions that many sober people make about those with addictions — and the misconceptions that people with substance abuse disorders often believe about themselves — can’t be undone overnight.

Many individuals who struggle with substance abuse do so alone, but it’s not always because the person simply refuses to get help.

Reentering the work force after rehab for drug or alcohol abuse can seem overwhelming, but despite the initial challenges that can come with the job search, studies have shown that finding a job after undergoing addiction treatment is associated with lower rates of relapse.

At Roots Recovery, one thing that we like to reassure people of during rehab is that addiction is a disease, and it’s treatable. It’s not a moral failing. The same thing applies to your time outside of rehab, including any potential relapses that may occur in recovery.

Stress is something that’s normal to experience at various points over the course of a lifetime, but everyone has their own ways of processing stress, and not all stress is created equal.

4 Ways to Resist the Temptation to PartyThe adjustment between time spent in rehab or sober living and experience on the outside can be difficult. It doesn’t help that...

4 Life Lessons You’ll Learn in Sober LivingIf you’re working to overcome drug or alcohol addiction, it makes a world of difference to have a safe space and continued...

Using Neuroscience to Explain How Drugs and Alcohol Affect the Brain Addiction is a condition that sends people spiraling and leaves their loved ones asking how things...

Helping Loved Ones in Recovery Stay Sober During the HolidaysMany of the reasons people love the holiday season can also be the reasons that those in drug and alcohol...

Both Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee bring thousands of fresh faces to the Milwaukee…

The Benefits of Practicing Mindfulness in Recovery When we talk about recovery, we’re often talking about starting it. People frequently say that the first step is the...