People struggling with an alcohol addiction are harming their bodies in a couple of ways. First, they are introducing a toxic element into their body

I’d always been an athlete and an amateur weight lifter, but as I drank heavily for a decade, my gym sessions suffered. I would go

I named this site Fit Recovery because I wanted to emphasize the incredible synergy between exercise and addiction recovery.  Once you’ve resolved to quit or cut down

Trust me, I know what it’s like to wake up and feel weak, fragile and jaded. This is how I felt for the first month

You can repeat “mind over matter” all you want, but your mind is made out of matter. If you’re trying to beat addiction, you have

When I started writing about fitness and addiction recovery, I was upfront about my distaste for running. I have a lot of friends who started ambitious running programs and

It’s amazing how quickly you can shift your mind onto a higher plane with a tiny dose of exercise. I did this workout this morning. I was not on the

There’s a huge disconnect between what most people do in the gym and what they think they’re doing. It’s very rare to see a person

Maintaining your fitness shouldn’t be a drag. Properly done, it will increase your energy levels. I have a 3-pronged approach for staying in shape all year long, and