Mindfulness Recovery and Relapse Prevention Sacramento and N. California Whole Person Addiction Recovery Addiction Recovery Benefits of Mindfulness A Mindfulness Exercise for Stress ReliefDetox: Addiction Recovery Important First Step Wellness Lifestyle for Long Term SobrietyEvidence-Based Trauma Informed Whole Person Addiction Recovery Mindfulness in everyday life means creating an internal space and calmness that allows being […]
Happy Sober Holidays 2020 Bay Area and Northern California
Sobriety and Holiday Well-being Tips Sober Holidays During COVID-19 • Socially Distanced Holiday Season Stress Management • COVID-19 Stress Management Tips • Stress Reduction with Conscious Breathing • Dr. Andrew Weil, How to Do the 4-7-8 Breathing Technique, Video • Resources for Reducing COVID-19 Stress • Resources for Reducing #WFH Stress • Coping With Spending […]
Veterans: Tips for Staying Sober Holidays
Veterans Experience Holiday Season Sobriety Challenges Tips for Staying Sober Holidays • Happy Holidays Basic Requirement: Staying Sober • Tips for Civilian Life Reintegration • Veteran Reintegration Common Issues • COVID-19 Stress Challenges • Alcohol Free Winter Holiday Drinks • Uncovering Holiday Myths and Adjusting Expectations • Holiday Sobriety Planning Tips • Using Mindfulness to Maintain Emotional Balance • Mindfulness […]
Northern California Integrated Wellness Addiction Treatment Rehab
Sobriety Wellness for Sustainable Long Term Recovery Long Term Sustainable Addiction Recovery is Possible Sober Curious – Sober All Year New Start Recovery Solutions wishes everyone a happy, healthy, sober and personally meaningful New Year! Addiction is a complex but treatable disease that affects brain function and behavior. Recovery and wellness are possible. The development of […]
Holiday Sobriety Tips from New Start Recovery Solutions
Holiday Sobriety is Possible Plan Ahead for Sober Holidays Maintain a Strong Intent to Stay Sober. Avoid people, places and things that bring memories of previous drinking or drugging. Maintain emotional balance; mindfulness is very helpful. Whenever possible, limit exposure to stressful or triggering situations. Have fun – sober! Begin to find happiness in your […]
Happy Sober Thanksgiving!
Mindful Sobriety for Holidays Navigating Thanksgiving and Holiday Triggers Scroll Down and View: Mindfully Navigating Holiday Gatherings Sobriety Step 1 – Mindfully Evaluate Habitual Interactions with Family and Friends Sobriety Step 2 – Make a Plan to Deal with Emotional Triggers Sobriety Step 3 – Use Mindfulness to Stay Present Thanksgiving Sobriety Planning Here we […]
Union Members Addiction Rehab East Bay California
Rehab for Union Members Concord, CA Bay Area Drug and Alcohol Recovery We Work with Employee Assistance Programs and Insurance • Union Members Addiction Recovery FAQs • Substance Abuse Among Professionals • High Stress Professions • Functional Alcoholism and Addicts • Medical Detox • Dual Diagnosis Addiction Rehab Treatment Need to find out more about […]
Bay Area Medical Detox, Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Northern California Drug and Alcohol Residential Rehab Dual Diagnosis Treatment Medical Detox and Whole Person Addiction Recovery Questions? Call Admissions at 866-303-6275. Medical Drug and Alcohol Detox You (or your friend or loved one) have resolved to stop using drugs or alcohol. Congratulations! This is the first step to regaining sobriety and the importance cannot […]
East Bay Integrated Substance Abuse Rehab
New Start Recovery Solutions Residential Rehab – Substance Abuse and Dual Diagnosis Treatment Medical Detox, Whole Person Recovery, Family Program, EAP Programs New Start Recovery Solutions 2449 Pacheco Street, Concord CA 94520 Serving Northern California and the U.S. Verify Insurance For Questions, Professional Interventions or Immediate Help – Call Admissions at 866-303-6275 for assistance. Dual […]
Northern California Mindfulness Meditation and Addiction Recovery
Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention Mindfulness is Key to a Wellness Lifestyle Mindfulness meditation research shows that Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention is effective. Jump to Northern California Evidence-Based Whole Person Addiction Rehab Study results find that mindfulness interrupts reactive behaviors and encourages thoughtful and skillful responses to addiction relapse triggers. Studies have also shown that alterations in […]
Staying Sober Holidays 101
Protecting Sobriety, Avoiding Triggers Preventing Relapse Holiday Sobriety Tips for Successfully Managing Holiday Stress With planning, self-care, seeking support and mindfulness – Holidays can be successfully navigated. For the average person – holidays can create enormous stress and emotional upset. For the newly sober and those in recovery – holidays can create overwhelming emotional upset […]
Veterans Day 2018 – Thanks to All Who Have Served!
Veterans Day Sun Nov 11, 2018 | Holiday on Mon Nov 12, 2018 National Veterans and Military Families Month – Nov 2018 This year 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The WWI armistice (cease of fighting) went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the […]
Addiction, Nutrition and Happiness
Is Good Nutrition Key to Addiction Recovery? Healthy Food Supports Addiction Recovery Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. — Hippocrates, Father of Medicine, 431 B.C. Your Brain – on Food In a recent article in the Harvard Medical School, Nutritional Psychiatry: Your Brain on Food, the connection between nutrition and depression, […]
RELAPSE PREVENTION PLAN
Preventing Relapse, Staying Sober It is important to remember: With a relapse prevention plan – you don’t have to relapse to work it. The main things we are trying to identify are high-risk situations and how to manage them. We all have “self-talk” in our head and it can lead to positive or negative thinking. […]
Merry Christmas from New Start Recovery Solutions!
Wishing You All the Best this Holiday Season! Joyful Christmas and Sober Holiday Season New Start Recovery Solutions wishes you a sober and happy holiday season 2017! We hope that you have a New Start in the New Year and are ready to begin new ventures. Your Life Awaits – Happy New Year! New Start […]
Thanks for Your Support at our Holiday Party!
Our Party Charities Received Donations And a Good Time Was Had By All! Thanks for Your Participation! Reviewing ‘Kickin Off the Holidays’ Event Activities Our activities included networking, dinner, raffle, an oil painting auction and a silent auction. Guest speaker Steve Redmond from Code 4 Northwest was the opening speaker. We welcomed special guest speakers […]
Clint Malarchuk, Mental Health Advocate
Former Hockey Pro Helping Others with PTSD and Depression Clint Malarchuk is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1981 and 1992. Malarchuk is best known for having survived a life-threatening injury during a 1989 NHL game when a skate blade sliced his carotid artery and […]
Steve Redmond, Code 4 Northwest
Free Crisis Line and Referral Service for All NW First Responders Steve Redmond is one of the founding members and volunteers at Code 4 Northwest. He is currently serves on the Board of Directors as President of Code 4 Northwest. Code 4 Northwest is an RCW 43.101.425. protected free crisis line and referral service for all Washington […]
Addiction Treatment for First Responders
Why Support and Addiction Treatment for First Responders? See October 2020 Update at: https://newstartrecoverysolutions.com/first-responder-substance-abuse-trauma-rehab-bay-area First responders are first on the scene of disasters and emergency situations. The general public sees first responders as a kind of Super Hero. And they are: but even super heroes need support to continue their mission. As most everyone is […]
Happy Veterans Day 2017 – Thanks for Your Service!
Thanks to All Who Have Served! National Veterans and Military Families Month – November 2017 For 98 years, Americans have remembered those who served our country in uniform on 11 November – first as Armistice Day, and then, since 1954 as Veterans Day. In this 99th year of commemoration, the Department of Veterans Affairs is […]
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Affects Entire Family Part 2
Addiction Harm to Family As you read in Alcohol and Drug Addiction Affects Entire Family Part 1, alcohol and drug addiction affects entire families, not just the addicted person. The effects of a substance use disorder (SUD) are felt by the whole family. According to NCBI (The Impact of Substance Use Disorders on Families and […]