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Life in recovery makes life better than ever before. Day by day the stress of work is slipping off your shoulders as recovery makes your life more manageable. You won’t stress about being perfect anymore: Perfectionism is one of a professional’s greatest illusions. At its core, perfectionism is a delusion because no professional, no matterRead More

People in the EMT or EMS service have to live with a certain degree of edge. As soon as the bell goes off, or the call for help is made, an EMT professional has to jump into action. All of their training, experience, and energy has to come to surface. There is no room forRead More

Stress plays a big role in a professional’s mental health and contributes to the development of addiction, as well as mental illness. Once you go to treatment, you learn a new set of tools for coping with stress effectively, which makes certain stressors at the office seem like nothing to stress about.   You won’tRead More

As professionals we live under a scrutinous pressure, that being a professional means never needing to take a day off. We realize that our vacations are necessary, our weekends are precious, and our well earned time off is a treasure. In between those ‘normal’ times, we rue the day we get too sick to getRead More

In a recent blog, we discussed the effects too little sleep can have on your behavior and performance in the office. We explained how the early stages of recovery are commonly accompanied by insomnia, whether you are recovering from an addiction, a mental health disorder, or both. During the initial stages of withdrawal from drugsRead More

Industries have different systems, boards, rules, and requirements to put into place when a professional in the field needs to seek treatment. Professionals commonly seek treatment for substance use disorders, which are frequently co-occurring with other mental health disorders. Accommodations, time, plans, certifications, and processes are often predetermined depending on a professional’s field and position.Read More

Sleep is one of the most important components of human function. We need sleep to survive, to think, and to behave. Our brains need sleep in order to work properly. Like a computer, without proper charge, our brains shut down. Sleep is like plugging in a charger to our brains. During sleep our brain hasRead More

Many professionals face a similar anxiety when they have to return to work after treatment. What if they are treated differently? What if they still suffer? What if things don’t change for them? What if nothing gets better? Returning to work is a hard-earned accomplishment for professionals in recovery. Whether you are boss, manager, orRead More

Stress is at an all time high, the professionals are saying, and it is penetrating every area of our lives. When we are stressed at work, it follows us home. If we are experiencing stress at home, it follows us to work. Few of us are well versed or well practiced in the kind ofRead More

Binge drinking is a common and sometimes celebrated practice for professionals across a variety of professions. For many professionals, “binge drinking” goes by another name, whether it is celebrating, networking, relaxing, grabbing “a drink” after work, and other identities. Problematically, like most of the population, professionals may not know what constitutes binge drinking and forRead More