Recovery isn’t just a mental process. It’s a nervous system process. When people think about recovery from alcohol or drugs, the focus is often on thoughts and behaviour: support meetings, tools, routines, and learning new ways to respond to stress. Those matter. But recovery also lives in your body, because stress, craving, sleep, and emotional regulation all run through your nervous system. Many people in recovery describe feeling: “wired” but tired, like you can’t settle shut down or numb...

Life gets busy, stress builds up, and sometimes we find ourselves lost in thoughts and worries. When that happens, grounding techniques...

Where I stand.