Having a Support System is an Imperative Part of Long-Term Sobriety It’s important that if you are a recovering addict who has just completed a treatment program, whether inpatient or outpatient, that you utilize alumni programs that are offered. Alumni networks can...
What to Write to Someone in Rehab: How to Express Your Emotions and Support Before your loved one entered rehab, your daily life with them may have been strained due to the drug-seeking behavior. Frustration, avoidance, indifference, and arguments might have been...
The Best Substance Abuse Quotes to Help You Through the More Difficult Times Motivation is an important part of maintaining one’s abstinence in addiction recovery. In fact, one of the most successful ways to treat an addiction is through motivational interviewing, which...
Addiction Support Groups – Alternatives to AA Alcohol use disorder (AUD) occurs in as many as 15.1 million people in the United States, according to a NIAAA report for 2015. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is perhaps the most well-known program for alcohol abuse...
Wondering how to get someone into rehab? Learn four steps that can help your intervention succeed Figuring out how to get someone into rehab is not easy, but there are some steps that can increase your chances of success. Convincing a loved...
Learn how to prevent heroin relapse with the following tips Heroin is a difficult drug to stop using but it is not impossible. There are many success stories about people who have stopped taking the drug and stayed sober. But there are...
Learn how to stay sober from drugs with these expert tips Staying sober when in recovery for drug and/or alcohol addiction isn’t always the easiest thing to do. If it were, perhaps there wouldn’t be the potential for relapse. But the reality...
Make your sober resolution stick this holiday season with these 10 tips New Year is often thought to be a new beginning, a fresh start for many people. Putting the past behind us, New Year resolutions for people in recovery is a...
How to stay sober on Thanksgiving: tips for a sober Thanksgiving Thanksgiving celebrations are traditionally filled with food, family, and a lot of stress that can make it difficult to maintain your sobriety. Family gatherings, with all their associated emotion and drama,...
Learn the tell-tale signs of Drug Addiction in order to help your loved one There are many tell-tale signs of drug addiction that become obvious as the drugs begin to take hold of an addict’s life. Some addicts are more high-functioning than...
