by Niki Miller | Aug 10, 2017 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The final article in this four-part series on WRAP for chronic pain is about dealing with the predictable but not the inevitable. The previous article discussed some of the components of a Crisis Plan that can make difficult times with chronic pain a bit easier to...
by Niki Miller | Aug 3, 2017 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
In part 1 and part 2 of this four-part series, I offered examples of how a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) can lay a foundation for meeting the challenges of living with chronic pain. This is part 3. It’s been said that the definition of a miracle is a change in...
by Niki Miller | Jul 26, 2017 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The first article in this series explored the nature of chronic pain, the added misery recent over-reliance on opioid prescribing has wrought, and the mounting evidence that is moving pain management in a variety of new directions. This follow-up article discusses...
by Niki Miller | Jul 20, 2017 | Addictions, Blog, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I Don’t Recall Signing on for This When I was young girl, allowed to spend time in the world of make-believe with nowhere else to go in my reveries but the land of tomorrow, I pretended to be a princess. I dreamed about becoming a bareback rider or an actress... by Niki Miller | Jun 8, 2017 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Justice Involvement, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The first three articles in this series explained different ways that people with addictions can use a Wellness Recovery Action Plan. This final installment discusses using WRAP at a systems level and integrating it into addiction treatment and recovery at all...