by Rancho Milagro Recovery | Oct 29, 2020 | Healing, Healthy Living
There is feeling lost and then there is getting lost. And then there is getting lost in nature. Sometimes when our souls feel lost because of stress, trauma, pain, or addiction, the best way to heal is to physically lose ourselves in nature. Surrounding ourselves with...
by Rancho Milagro Recovery | Oct 26, 2020 | Healing, Therapy
There are normal life experiences and then there are traumatic experiences that have the capacity to change our lives forever. Trauma is often an underlying cause for many to abuse substances. The numbing effect of alcohol and/or drugs provide a temporary feeling of...
by Rancho Milagro Recovery | Oct 24, 2020 | Addiction, Recovery
“I can quit anytime I want.” Most of us have probably said that to someone at least once during our addiction. The truth is it is just not that easy. Addiction is powerful and can steal the control we think we have over our bodies. Even worse, in trying to quit on our...
by Rancho Milagro Recovery | Oct 23, 2020 | Healing, Healthy Living
Anyone who has ever lost something and not realized it was gone has no feeling of loss since they don’t know what is missing. Similarly, during our addiction we were apathetic to the loss of ourselves during our darkest moments. In our addiction we cannot remember...
by Rancho Milagro Recovery | Oct 19, 2020 | Addiction, Recovery
Substance abuse can be very lonely, even when surrounded by friends or family. However, recovery can seem lonely at times, too. Making the decision to get help is one thing, but doing all of the work and feeling everything along the way can be very isolating. We may...
