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What If I Told You That Food Could Enhance Your Addiction Recovery?

by Olivia Pennelle   More and more we are hearing the benefits of eating well: it reduces our risk of heart disease, can lower cholesterol, keep our immunity high and ward off infections, and lower our weight. It is practically common sense: eat well, feel good. Sometimes that isn’t enough of an incentive for those … Read more

How to Stay Sober, Despite Zillions of Messages Telling Me Otherwise

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by Daniel D. Maurer The first time I tried to get sober, I didn’t really want it. My parents, my wife, and my job demanded that I go to treatment. So I did. For about a week-and-a-half I left early because of all the ‘drama.’ I also thought Twelve Step recovery was a cult. You … Read more

FREE Sober Comedy Show January 14th

Come on out to Casa Capri Recovery for a ‘FREE Sober Comedy Night Show‘ here in Costa Mesa January 14 at 7:30 PM!   Prepare now to get your laughs on and enjoy a fun evening with friends. You don’t want to miss this show!   The Performing Artists Lineup: BUCKY SINISTER is a stand-up … Read more

We Do Recover!

By Olivia Perry | Personal Narrative   I grew up in a small town in a single family home with my mother and brother. My father was absent from my life due to his career has a songwriter and my mother raised us alone. It wasn’t an easy life for her, let alone any of … Read more

My Road to Recovery

By Courtney P. | Personal Narrative   I am a 21-year-old female with two children. I’ll never forget the first time I got the ‘first real high’. I was 15 years old. Just placed into DCF custody. I’d always hear those stories of people getting high, enjoying life, enjoying the high. Seemed like all fun … Read more

Forgiving Yourself in Addiction/Recovery

By Chelsie C.   Don’t you think it’s about time you forgive yourself for being an addict?
The sooner you forgive yourself the better off you’ll be. I’ve met many recovering addicts, like me, who can’t seem to forgive themselves for being an addict, even after years in recovery. We become so use to carrying this … Read more

How I Got Clean After Getting Kicked Out Of Rehab

​By Caroline Turriff It was after I’d been ejected from ‘Prison Break’ rehab St Margaret’s in South London, for parading around in an over sexed way as if I wanted to f**k everyone, that I really learned to value 12 Step Fellowships. Not as a place to meet sexy people you might go clubbing with, … Read more

This Actress Turned to Music After Battle with Addiction

By. Sarah MInline You may know her as the little girl in Curly Sue, or as Steve Martin’s projectile-vomiting daughter in the film Parenthood. You could have seen her play Blanche’s granddaughter in The Golden Girls, or watched her become the youngest participant ever to win Star Search (at age five, singing ‘Over The Rainbow’). … Read more

Understanding My Purpose Through Recovery

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By Stephanie S.   Understanding my purpose through recovery involved turning over a new leaf…   What does it mean to turn over a new leaf?   The term turn over a new leaf is used to refer to making a new start. It’s often used specifically to describe changes in personal behavior that are … Read more

What happened to me? Where have I gone? What is this empty life I’m living?

Things had reached the point where I couldn’t hold a conversation without getting shaky inside. I could no longer envision a future without alcohol in the picture. I imagined my wedding day; my handsome, charming, groom before me, all my friends and relatives watching. Then came the dreaded moment! ow would he ever get the … Read more