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Am I Depressed?
Feelings of sadness and unhappiness are common experiences that can last for varying lengths of time. It is not unusual to find that many people experiencing this may feel inhibited and unable to live their lives as they normally would. While these feelings can be...
What to Do After a Relapse
Unfortunately, relapse is a common experience for many of those recovering from addiction. Despite efforts to prevent it, studies show that nearly 80% of people recovering from addiction will relapse at least once before achieving long-term sobriety. The fact that...
How Do You Stay Sober if Your Friends Drink?
Recovering from addiction is no easy task. Maintaining sobriety requires significant changes to your lifestyle in order to reduce the risk of relapse. Improving your recovery outcome also involves separating yourself from enabling peers and environments, but if...
Questions to Ask When Looking for a Sober Living Home
Returning to life after treatment can be a difficult transition. In residential treatment, you are able to focus solely on your recovery without the influence of enabling peers, stressors, and triggers. Although treatment focuses on helping you develop coping...
Stigma of Addiction & Substance Abuse
Millions of people worldwide struggle with addiction regardless of age, race, or socioeconomic status. Despite our changing understanding about the nature of addiction, it is still one of the most highly stigmatized conditions. While stigmas surrounding other...
Mental Health and Substance Abuse in the LGBTQ+ Community
Those in the LGBTQ+ community face unique challenges that those who identify as heterosexual do not. They are more likely to face harassment, discrimination, stigmas, and violence due to sexual orientation or gender identity. These experiences and stressors increase...
How to Quit Drinking
Quitting drinking is no easy task. Alcohol is abundantly available, and consumption has become so normalized that it may feel abnormal to not drink. While some people can drink without it having a significant impact on their lives, not everyone is able to manage it....
How to Help Someone with Anxiety
If your loved one struggles with anxiety, it can be difficult to know how to help. Anxiety can be hard to understand, especially if the person does not fully comprehend it yet. A person may not even know that they have anxiety and having the conversation without a...
How to Deal with Loneliness
Substances are often used as a method of coping with negative thoughts and feelings. Drugs and alcohol are frequently used to lower inhibitions and make social interactions easier, but in the long run, use of substances can often make a person feel more alone than...
How Much Weed is Too Much Weed? How to Tell When Marijuana Abuse Becomes Addiction
As marijuana becomes legalized across the country, more people have begun to use it for medicinal and recreational purposes. Although many proponents of weed suggest that it is not addictive, studies show that a significant percentage of people who use marijuana...
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