Long-Term Recovery

Becoming sober is a tremendous accomplishment.

If you’ve been living in recovery for two years or more, you may have noticed that after the initial thrill of getting your life back come the feelings. A whole lot of feelings.

Feelings like sadness, shame, and anger. They’ve always been there, but your substance use used to numb them. Now you have the opportunity to address them in a healthy way, but how do you do that, exactly?

New challenges arise regularly.

New issues arise with sobriety, like changes in relationships, things that come up during step work, and handling stressful situations without using your drug of choice. You might face having sex sober for the first time ever or losing someone without your old coping behaviors.

Therapy can help you with the challenges of your new life.

If substance use disorder is a part of your life, you’ll need to figure out forgiveness – for others, but even more for yourself. You’ll need to learn how to set and enforce appropriate boundaries, protect your sobriety, and keep yourself safe. Therapy can help you do this.

I’ve worked counseling people with a variety of dependency for over 20 years, and I know there are many paths to recovery.

Therapy is a good companion to whatever mode of recovery you are already successfully using. It doesn’t have to replace meetings or groups where you find support, or your relationship with a sponsor. However, it can allow you to take time to focus solely on yourself and the issues that are adjacent to your addiction.

Let me help you find your way.

Are you ready to start feeling less lost and more on track? Contact me today at (810) 214-0389 to start your healing journey.