Tips for Managing Holiday Woes While the holidays are intended to be enjoyable and happy occasions, they can also bring about feelings of anxiety and stress, especially for those who struggle with a mental health disorder. If you are recovering from drug...
Caring for Your Mental Health is of Utmost Importance Many individuals underestimate how much the state of their mental health affects everything else in their lives, from relationships to addiction. If your mental health is suffering then you will not be in...
Relapsing on Substance of Abuse is Preventable With the Right Support When you are a recovering addict, one of the most common fears is relapsing. After such hard work to obtain sustained sobriety, relapse would put you right back at ground zero....
Sustaining Sobriety Through Coping Mechanisms Since addiction is classified as a disease, it requires constant monitoring in order to keep it under control. Ensuring that you are taking part in aftercare programs and utilizing trigger management tools means that you are taking...
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...
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...
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...
An Alumni Perspective Recovery from addiction, whether to drugs or alcohol, is something that is a life-long commitment. It takes continuous work in order to maintain sobriety and sometimes, triggers and temptation can make it difficult. Addicts must understand that treatment is...
Relapse Prevention: Why Do Relapses Happen? It is a common misconception that a relapse signifies that treatment has failed. But as an addiction specialist will tell you, addiction is a relapsing disease and addiction relapse statistics show that the rates are similar...
Are the Internet and Mobile Devices Improving Substance Relapse Prevention Initiatives? New Studies from The American Heart Association indicate that participants in internet interventions and those who used mobile device interventions reduced tobacco use and remained dedicated to cutting alcohol use. Researchers...