by John Makohen | Oct 25, 2019 | Coping Skills, Early Recovery
Coping Skills & Early Recovery John Makohen Arise Recovery Coaching in NYC Knowing the difference between a lapse and relapse could be the difference between you finding fulfillment in recovery or hell in full-blown heroin use. I had an emergency meeting with a... 
by John Makohen | Oct 15, 2019 | Gratitude, Journaling
John Makohen Arise Recovery Coaching in NYC Gratitude journaling has many benefits. Before I started to use my journal for keepintrack of what I was grateful each day, I was full of resentment, anger, and always battling negative self-talk. Gratitude helped me to... 
by John Makohen | Sep 15, 2019 | Early Recovery, Gratitude
What is keeping you from starting a gratitude journal? It is a simple practice. It doesn’t require much time. New research proves expressing thankfulness in a gratitude journal will have positive effects on your health. Dr. Robert Emmons writes, “One of... 
by John Makohen | Jul 28, 2019 | Early Recovery
Roadblocks to recovery are barriers blocking your way from achieving fulfillment in a lifestyle for recovery. You know that recovery is not easy. It takes work. It takes just as much work to free yourself from the chaos heroin addiction has caused in your life as it... 
by John Makohen | Jul 26, 2019 | Harm Reduction
John Makohen Arise Recovery Coaching in NYC Why Harm Reduction combined with recovery coaching meets readiness for change. When I became a certified recovery coach I promised to meet you (and other persons in recovery ‘recoverees’) where you were at...