The Edge Treatment Center
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3rd February 2020
Exercise: Sobriety Saver or Replacement Addiction?
Plenty of recovering addicts choose exercise as a navigational beacon to keep them on the straight and narrow. What about that? If that’s “replacing one addiction with another,” should you be wary of it?
Author and musician Mishka Shubaly wrote about quitting alcohol with the help of long-distance running, and without medical or AA support in his book The Long Run. Groups like The Phoenix and Boston Bulldogs Running Club unite individuals who share the the common ground of addiction recovery and provide a support network and outlet for channeling energy into healthier activities like CrossFit, yoga, hiking, and, of course, running.