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5 Ways to Enjoy Holiday Parties in Recovery

Posted in Category: Addictions, Alcohol Abuse, Recovery on Dec 26, 2016 | by admin

The holiday season brings endless parties, celebrations, dinners, and get-togethers with friends and family. Invites to seasonal events might bring about a familiar anxiety, causing you to question if you can handle being sober at a party. Don’t let your recovery process deter you from having fun with your favorite people. Awakenings for Women, a […]

10 Steps of the Relapse Cycle

Posted in Category: Addictions, Get Healthy, Women on Dec 19, 2016 | by admin

Awakenings for Women is a sober living home for women in Boca Raton, Florida. The goal of everyone on site is to create a safe, healthy, supportive living environment for women working on their recovery process. Unfortunately, sometimes former addicts may give in and experience relapse. Relapse is suffering a deterioration after a period if […]

Drugs are Destroying Your Brain

Posted in Category: Alcohol Abuse, drug abuse, Get Healthy on Dec 12, 2016 | by admin

Yes, partying with drugs and alcohol does have horrible effects on your overall appearance, but have you ever considered how these habits are destroying your brain? If you think one more night of drugs or alcohol leaves you with nothing more than a one day hangover, Awakenings for Women advises you to think again: Studies […]

Red Flags of Addictive Personalities

Posted in Category: Addiction on Dec 05, 2016 | by admin

Awakenings for Women, a halfway house in Boca Raton, Florida, understands that addiction is a disease and many addicts suffer from an addictive personality before they even get addicted to a substance. Having an addictive personality means possessing a set of traits that make an individual more likely to develop addictions. These people are predisposed […]

PSA: 30 Is Not the New 20

Posted in Category: Addictions, Coping with Addiction, drug abuse, Sober Living on Nov 26, 2016 | by admin

Awakenings for Women, a sober living home for women in Boca Raton, Florida reports that journalists and media sources might be coining the 20’s “an extended adolescence”, but doctors and clinical researchers warn that those in their 20’s need to take absolute advantage of all the options this decade presents. Dr. Meg Jay, a clinical […]

Women are Catching Up to Men’s Drinking Habits

Posted in Category: Addictions, alcohol, Alcohol Abuse, Women on | by admin

Awakenings for Women, a sober living home for women in Boca Raton reports that the gap between men and women is closing – but not in a good way. Recent studies show women are catching up to men in terms of alcohol consumption. Researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre of the University […]

A Job for Former Addicts in the Medical Field

Posted in Category: Addictions, Coping with Addiction, Recovery on Nov 13, 2016 | by admin

Awakenings for Women reports that hospitals nationwide are opening their doors and offering a job for former addicts, hoping that their experiences will help current addicts successfully work through their recovery process. In her early 20s, Nicole Bourgeois was a heroin addict living underneath the Longfellow Bridge, near Massachusetts General Hospital. Today, she is in […]

How Will the 2016 Election Affect Addicts?

Posted in Category: Addictions, News, Sober Living on Nov 06, 2016 | by admin

At Awakenings for Women, a sober living home in Florida, we create a positive lifestyle for those in recovery by helping you regain control of your life and become a contributing member of society. With the 2016 Presidential Election coming up this November, it seems there are a lot of rumors around how each candidate […]

18 Ideas for a Sober Birthday Celebration

Posted in Category: alcohol on Oct 26, 2016 | by admin

Celebrating your birthday doesn’t mean you have to meet your friends at a bar to drink excessively and wake up with a horrible hangover. The further along you are in your sobriety, your personal definition of fun will naturally change. You will notice that “fun” is more authentic, more genuine, and it doesn’t require a […]

How to Be the Best Friend in Recovery

Posted in Category: Addiction, Positive self-esteem, Recovery on Oct 13, 2016 | by admin

Awakenings for Women is a recovery treatment center in Boca Raton, Florida that provides numerous tips for friends and family of loved ones in addiction, in order to be the best recovery ally for them. The following are some of the tips that our expert team lends to family and friends in order to truly […]