The Estate News & Blog

By Bryan A. | Sobriety Date: July 8, 2022 | Published July 11, 2026

One of the things we hear most often from men a few weeks into sobriety has nothing to do with cravings.

Some days, feeling tired makes sense. Deadlines pile up, responsibilities stretch longer than expected, and sleep doesn’t quite fix it. But when that drained feeling sticks around for weeks, it starts raising a different question—are you dealing with burnout, or something deeper?

Memorial Day weekend often brings people together.

Recovery is serious work.
It asks a man to face pain, tell the truth, create new patterns, and learn how to live without the thing he once leaned on to cope. There's so much courage in that, and there is no question that healing from addiction requires real commitment.

Clearing Out the Clutter Outside and Within

The last few weeks I have had a few clients during groups atSoberman’s Estate talk about the challenges they were having about thinking of how they were going to start dating again.

During a group at Soberman’s Estate last week, A few of the clients were talking about how much everything was going to change when they left. They had been drinking for so long that they could not picture how life was going to be and it felt a little bit scary.  

Inhalant huffing is a serious and often overlooked form of substance abuse. It involves breathing in chemical vapors from everyday products like aerosol sprays, glue, or cleaning fluids to get high. While it might seem harmless because these products are easy to find, the effects of inhalants can be life-threatening.

There are moments in recovery when a craving shows up so fast it feels almost automatic.