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Newborns with Drug Withdrawal Syndrome
Did you know that babies born to mothers who were abusing drugs throughout their pregnancy are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital? Newborns with drug withdrawal syndrome have been on the rise throughout recent years due to the increase in the amount of prescription medications being doled out by doctors. At womens sober […]
What to Do if You Find Your Old Drugs
After completing your stay at a halfway house in Florida, you should pat yourself on the back for finally taking the steps necessary to create a happy and healthy life for yourself. If part of that process involves moving to a new home in order to fully start fresh, then there are some things that […]
Things to Consider When Dating Someone Who Drinks
The hard work is finally over. You can finally say that you have successfully completed treatment and detox, and are now on your way to live at a women’s sober living home. Thoughts of all the hobbies you want to pick up, new friends you want to make, and new goals you plan on reaching […]
How to Break the Habits of Addiction
Our lives are punctuated by habitual behaviors, and sometimes those habits have to be broken. For those entering into a halfway house in Florida, chances are that you are there for the sole purpose of breaking the habits of addiction. However, breaking the ties of substance abuse can prove to be harder than we think. […]
Signs That You Should Have Gotten Sober a Long Time Ago
Once upon a time, your life was in complete disarray, you were becoming more and more estranged from your loved ones, and you could not find the light at the end of the tunnel. However, after your stay at a halfway house in Florida, all of that has changed. Honestly, who can say that they […]
How to Cope With Your Parent’s Alcohol Abuse
Many children grow up with their parents having a glass of wine with their meal after work. However, for many more children, they grow up with parents who continue to drink well past one glass of wine. For the latter of the two, this might prove more challenging to cope with than most people understand. […]
Does Relapse Mean a Failed Recovery?
Those who have just finished a treatment program will have to deal with a new way of living life. Oftentimes, many people think that if they relapse, their recovery has failed. However, this could not be farther from the truth. Relapse is not the end of recovery for those who fail to stay clean. On […]
How Creative Writing Helps the Recovery Process
While many treatment centers are well equipped to deal with the physical toll that substance abuse takes on the body, many have different approaches to addressing the emotional toll that drug abuse takes on an individual. On one hand, many people are driven to relapse not because of cravings, but due to emotional swings. Many […]
Ways to Help Protect Your Child from Drug Abuse
Many parents avoid the subject of drugs because they are not sure how to bring it up to their kids. While children and teens will have questions about drugs as they get older, chances are that their parents will have even more. Don’t skate around the subject and avoid talking to your kids about drug […]
Top Three Myths about Sobriety and Age
In today’s day and age with the constant influx of reality TV shows, social media and drug-inspired music, it’s no wonder so many young people get sucked into the trap of substance abuse. With a society that glorifies getting wasted and considers getting drunk on your 21st birthday a rite of passage, young adults today […]