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The Family and Addiction Recovery
Family relationships play a significant role in a person’s life and are often severely impacted by the presence of an addiction. Addiction affects more than just the person who struggles with it. It is often described as a family disease because it takes a toll on...
10 Tips for Practicing Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a popularly practiced form of meditation that has been found to be beneficial to those in addiction recovery. The practice of being more mindful may sound straightforward enough, but it does require focus and repetition to be beneficial. While it is...
Benefits of Exercise in Addiction Recovery
Substance abuse takes its toll on a person’s physical, mental, and emotional health. Healing from addiction requires more than just abstaining from substance abuse. Various forms of therapy can help address the mental and emotional health needs of clients and while...
Getting Sober in a COVID-19 World
The coronavirus has introduced a variety of challenges to everyday life that most people may not have ever considered before. Stores, restaurants, and businesses have closed their doors and those that have reopened have introduced a number of restrictions to help...
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...
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