Every September, people living in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction are celebrated through National Recovery Month.
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Opioids are highly addictive narcotics that induce numbness and cause feelings of euphoria. They are effective at suppressing pain in the short term but are also very addictive.
Passing states of worry, unease, edginess, and even fear are so commonly experienced that we might call them an ordinary part of life.
Positive recovery words are affirmations about ourselves and our recovery. Affirmations are formulated as present-tense statements, worded as if they are true already and taking place in the now moment. Affirmations use phrasing like “I am” and “I have”, (rather than “I will” or “I want to….”).
In times of turmoil, it’s good to remember that change is possible. How do we know change is possible? Because there have been many extraordinary moments in our collective past when positive leaps of societal evolution took place seemingly out of nowhere.
The annual shift from the warm, lazy days of summer to the cooling, darkening days of fall can and often does affect women’s feelings, stirring melancholy to rise up to the surface.
Most women can relate to experiencing a dip in mood about a week before menstruation, and the irritability, sensitivity, and vulnerability that well up.
Hormonal ebbs and flows are part of the biologically female experience
When we women at last realize that we are deserving of our love, cherishing, protection, and support, we become unstoppable. A woman who knows her real value is a benevolent, harmonizing, shaping force in the environment, a powerful creator and protector.
Here at Villa Kali Ma, we recognize that self care is a practice, something to get up and do every morning of every day. It is part of being in a human body to also care for the body we are. Our souls and spirits need daily care too.
The original 12 Step program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), pioneered the concept of a sober birthday. Sober birthdays mark the day we stopped using drugs and alcohol. Getting sober is a kind of rebirth, and a sober birthday celebrates the day a new, sober self is born.