Tag: 12-step recovery
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Grilled Marinated Chicken
A simple marinade adds incredible flavor while keeping the chicken juicy and tender on the grill. Once it’s cooked, you have a versatile protein ready for the entire week.
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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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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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Egg Bake
If you are in food addiction recovery, rebuilding your relationship with food, or purely trying to simplify your mornings, this high-protein egg bake recipe may just become one of the most supportive tools in your kitchen. At Abstinent Kitchen, we believe food should support your life, not complicate it. That is exactly why this easy…
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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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Roasted Asparagus
A simple side dish like roasted asparagus can be a reminder that abstinent food can be comforting, enjoyable, and decadent.
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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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Groundhog Day And Food Addiction Recovery
Groundhog Day. Same ritual each year. Same question every time. Same hope that this time will be different. And honestly? If you have ever lived with food addiction, that whole scenario probably feels very familiar.
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Chili
This healthy, abstinent chili recipe is simple, hearty, grounding, and perfect for food addiction recovery. A cozy, protein-rich comfort meal you can trust.
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Old Thoughts, New Freedom
Recovery is not about becoming someone who never things about food. It’s about becoming someone who doesn’t lose themselves to those thoughts anymore. So the next time a familiar whisper shows up, like “I should get a snack”, smile a little. That’s just your past knocking on a door you don’t live behind anymore.
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Intentional Recovery: Choose Yourself Every Day
Recovery is not about perfection or taking control. Recovery is about being intentional: choosing day by day, to show up for yourself. Small, consistent actions create lasting freedom. If you feel overwhelmed, start simple: plan one meal, take one honest step, and remember you don’t have to do recovery perfectly. Just do recovery intentionally.