Coping With Negative Emotions in Sobriety

Coping With Negative Emotions in Sobriety

How to Deal With Feelings Post-Recovery When you have finally overcome your addiction and reached a level of sobriety, you may be overwhelmed by emotions, both good and bad ones. You may even have flashbacks to your former substance abuse days which...
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04/02 2019
Turning Relapse Into The Opportunity for Personal Growth

Turning Relapse Into The Opportunity for Personal Growth

Relapse Should Motivate You To Continue Reaching For Long-Lasting Sobriety Relapse is a part of addiction recovery and while not every recovering addict will relapse, a percentage will. If you happen to relapse, you should not get discouraged or unmotivated as addiction...
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03/29 2019
Why Aftercare is So Important Post-Treatment

Why Aftercare is So Important Post-Treatment

Recovery Doesn’t End When Rehab Does When you first complete your addiction treatment program, you may feel as though your addiction is taken care of for good. It’s important to remember that recovery does not end when your treatment program does; recovery...
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02/28 2019
Understanding Cross-Addiction

Understanding Cross-Addiction

Struggling With More Than One Addiction is Difficult We have heard about co-occurring disorders before which is when an individual suffers from a mental illness as well as an addiction. So what is cross-addiction? Cross addiction is when an individual struggles with...
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02/22 2019
The Healing Brain After Addiction

The Healing Brain After Addiction

Mental Recovery Post-Treatment When you are addicted to drugs or alcohol, the chemical makeup of your brain is altered. Just as other diseases affect organs in the body, the disease of addiction affects the brain in the same sense. Over time, addiction...
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02/20 2019
Mental Health Disorders and Addiction

Mental Health Disorders and Addiction

The Link Between The Two Close to 50 percent of those who are struggling with an addiction to drugs or alcohol also struggle with an underlying mental health disorder. This mental illness may not always be diagnosed leaving the individual wondering what...
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02/08 2019
Why Does Alcohol Make Some People Angry?

Why Does Alcohol Make Some People Angry?

Alcohol can Cause Aggression Alcohol has a different effect on everyone and while alcohol can make some people social and happy, for others, it can mean aggressive and scary behavior. Studies suggest that some individuals become confrontational when they are drinking as...
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01/31 2019
Rebuilding Trust After Addiction

Rebuilding Trust After Addiction

Re-gain Credence After Sobriety Now that you have completed your time in an addiction treatment program, whether inpatient or outpatient treatment, you are ready to re-enter society as a sober and productive individual. What may come as a surprise to you is...
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01/30 2019
Living the Life of a Functional Alcoholic

Living the Life of a Functional Alcoholic

The Double Life of an Alcohol Addict Did you know that close to 20 percent of those who are considered to be ‘problem drinkers’ hold a university degree, have a great career, and a stable family life? A functioning alcoholic can be...
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01/29 2019
The Importance of an Aftercare Plan

The Importance of an Aftercare Plan

What is Aftercare and Why is it so Imperative to Recovery? When patients have successfully completed their addiction treatment program, they will often be advised to utilize aftercare programs. Aftercare programs will aid in your long-term recovery from addiction and substance abuse...
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01/25 2019