Category: abstinent tools
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Spring Clean Your Kitchen, Refresh Your Recovery
the kitchen is considered the heart of the home because it represents nourishment, abundance, vitality, and the way we care for ourselves. For someone in food addiction recovery, the symbolism can feel even deeper. The energy of the kitchen can either support peace and clarity, or can reinforce chaos, depletion, or emotional overwhelm.
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Summer BBQs In Food Addiction Recovery
Memorial day can mark the beginning of the filled with food-centered events, which is why its such an important time to strengthen recovery routines instead of drifting away from them. Going into summer with intention, structure, and support can make all the difference. Recovery does not have to disappear just because the season changes.
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Committing To Your Food Plan In Food Addiction Recovery
Commitment means we treat the plan as a promise to ourselves. It means we don’t negotiate with “terrorists”: every craving, mood, inconvenience, or passing urge. It means we understand that feelings change, but commitments can remain steady.
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Abstinent Fast Food
Think of your kitchen as your recovery support hub. When it’s stocked intentionally, you remove decision fatigue and create safety in moments of vulnerability.
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Mercury Retrograde and Food Addiction Recovery
Mercury Retrograde gets a bad rap. However, in life, and especially in recovery, it can actually be a powerful little portal if we know how to work with it instead of fighting against it.
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Step Two in Food Addiction Recovery
Step Two reads: “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” Notice it doesn’t say did believe. It says came to believe. This is a process step, not at all a finish line. It’s about movement. A shift. A soft opening.
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Meet The Mugs That Hold More Than Coffee
Our very first collection of recovery mugs JUST dropped in our new online store. And, not just “cute mugs”, but mugs created specifically and intentionally created for people walking a 12-step path, living abstinently or sober, and trying to stay spiritually connected one day at a time.
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90 Meetings In 90 Days
90 meetings in 90 days is not about being a “good” recovery person. It is not about doing recovery perfectly. And it is definitely not about proving how serious you are. Attending 90 meetings in 90 days is about giving your nervous system, your mind, and your heart a chance to settle into something new…
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Understanding Step 1: Powerlessness Over Food
Here’s the beautiful paradox of Step 1: the moment we admit we are powerless over food, is the moment we start getting our life back. When we stop trying to dominate food, food slowly loses its power over us. Mental peace becomes possible. Eating becomes simpler. Life expands beyond obsession and self-criticism.
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Year-End Reflection: Cultivating Recovery in 2026
As 2025 comes to a close, its the perfect moment to pause and look back on the past year. For those of us in food addiction recovery, Step 10 of 12-step recovery offers a gentle yet powerful way to reflect, take inventory, and set ourselves up for growth in the year ahead.
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How To Handle Holiday Parties Without Losing Your Abstinence
Holiday parties can feel like an alternate dimension when you’re a food addict in recovery. The music is loud. The dessert table looks like it’s being spotlighted from heaven. Someone is always trying to hand you a plate of something “you just have to try.” The smells alone can feel like an ambush. It’s a…
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Why We Organize Our Recipes By Food Type (And Why It Matters So Much In Food Addiction Recovery)
You will not see the usual “breakfast”, “lunch”, “snacks”, or “dinner” categories. Instead, everything is grouped by simple food types: proteins, starches, veggies, fruits, dairy, and healthy fats. At first glance, it might seem unusual or overly simple, but there’s actually a very real and very recovery-centered reason behind it.