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Category: Staying sober

How to Follow Through with Your New Year’s Resolutions

Posted in Category: Sober Living, Staying sober on Jul 12, 2018 | by admin

When making your New Year’s resolutions, you want to make sure that they stick. After all, it is easy to make New Year’s resolutions, but the hard part is actually following through with them. For those who are actually looking to follow through with their New Year’s resolutions, it is even more important to make […]

How to Stay Sober After Treatment

Posted in Category: Sober Living, Staying sober on Jun 16, 2017 | by admin

Initially making the decision to receive substance abuse treatment may seem like the hardest part of your recovery journey, however the treatment professionals at Awakening’s for Women know the transition back to your normal life can be just as challenging. In your recovery, it’s essential that you feel prepared to head back into the world, […]

Sober Spring Break in South Florida

Posted in Category: Addictions, Alcohol Abuse, drugs, Staying sober, Women on Mar 01, 2017 | by admin

Spring break is traditionally known as a booze-filled holiday, when college students from all over the country head to places like Panama City Beach or Fort Lauderdale for a week of care-free partying. Tired of all the negative consequences of too much partying, many businesses in Panama City Beach are participating in “Sober Spring Break”, […]

3 Reasons Why Dating Sober is Better

Posted in Category: alcohol, Alcohol Abuse, Staying sober on Feb 11, 2017 | by admin

Today’s dating word seems to involve a constant buzz, or an obligatory drink to help ease nervous tension. At Awakenings for Women, our sober living facility for women, we encourage everyone to get into the habit of sober dating, just in time for Valentine’s Day! There are many benefits to living a sober lifestyle, which […]

What to Do Instead of Drinking: 27 Fun-Filled Activities

Posted in Category: Alcohol Abuse, Sober Living, Staying sober on Sep 10, 2016 | by admin

Sometimes, finding something to do over the fall season that does not involve bars or drinking alcohol can be difficult. Clean, sober fun is all around you, you just have to know where to look.  Instead of sitting around and drinking after your long journey to recovery at a sober living home for women in […]

Discovering Your Sober Self this Summer

Posted in Category: Sober Living, Staying sober on Jul 03, 2016 | by admin

This summer, discover your sober self in its fullest form. Since becoming clean, you’re going to notice that your persona isn’t the same as it was. This is a natural change that most people experience after staying at Awakenings for Women. You have these summer months to become in tune with the finest version of your […]

Parents Have the Most Influence When Preventing Substance Abuse

Posted in Category: Staying sober on Jan 08, 2016 | by admin

For those who are parents to kids entering into the teen years, you know how stressful peer pressure can be. Many adolescents end up getting advice from their peers – and some of it may not be the greatest advice. In order to keep your children from venturing down a path of potential substance abuse […]

Sober New Year’s Eve Party Ideas

Posted in Category: Addictions, Recovery, Staying sober, Women on Dec 18, 2015 | by admin

Sure, the idea of having to ring in the New Year sober may be intimidating, but that does not mean it is impossible! In fact, the opportunity to throw your own sober New Year’s Eve party leaves plenty of room to let out your inner creativity. There are so many ways to have fun during […]

Signs That You Should Have Gotten Sober a Long Time Ago

Posted in Category: Sober Living, Staying sober on Oct 09, 2015 | by admin

Once upon a time, your life was in complete disarray, you were becoming more and more estranged from your loved ones, and you could not find the light at the end of the tunnel. However, after your stay at a halfway house in Florida, all of that has changed. Honestly, who can say that they […]

Top Three Myths about Sobriety and Age

Posted in Category: Sober Living, Staying sober on Aug 22, 2015 | by admin

In today’s day and age with the constant influx of reality TV shows, social media and drug-inspired music, it’s no wonder so many young people get sucked into the trap of substance abuse. With a society that glorifies getting wasted and considers getting drunk on your 21st birthday a rite of passage, young adults today […]