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How To Cope With Addiction in Your Family
Dealing with addiction in your family can be very challenging and life altering. Sometimes the addict fails to realize just how painful and toxic their addiction is to not only themselves, but also to their loved ones. If you are suffering with an addiction in your family, there is a lot of help available for […]
The Benefits of Living In a Sober Living Facility
There are many benefits to living in a sober living facility after being released from drug or alcohol detox or rehabilitation. One of the most important things to remember is that it is really important that you are surrounded by others who can support you and motivate you on your road to recovery. Most sober […]
Express Your Creativeness during Addiction Treatment
While you are on your path to addiction recovery, you are also on a path to finding yourself. After you leave detox, you will most likely enter rehab or a sober living facility; this is where the real journey to self-discovery begins. Your counselor will urge you to express yourself and your creativity in many […]
The Benefits of Keeping a Journal while in Addiction Recovery
While attending addiction recovery, you will be taught many daily tactics to help you move forward in your treatment. One tool that is very helpful is keeping a journal throughout your road to recovery. Journaling is very effective because not only do you express your feelings, but you are also able to look back and […]
How Addiction Affects Children
Addiction can take a huge toll on your children, so it is best to keep in mind how the effects of your addiction or a family member’s addiction can have an impact on the children. Children who grow up in a home where addiction is present are eight times more likely to develop an addiction […]
The Importance of Forgiveness during Addiction Recovery
We have all have heard the famous saying “Forgive, but never forget”, but do we really know what that means and why it is so important? The feeling of holding onto revenge and negative feelings can be just as toxic as the drugs and alcohol that we consume. Self-forgiveness, as well as forgiving others, is […]
Finding Your Purpose In Recovery
When it comes to substance abuse, recovery is a daily struggle. One of the most important things that you will learn in addiction recovery is the importance of finding purpose. We are also taught to believe in a higher power, whatever that higher power may be to you specifically, and we must believe that there […]
Methadone & Pregnancy
Pregnant women who are avid drug users question whether methadone is safe for their unborn baby. Although methadone and other opiates have not been directly linked to birth defects, there are common effects that have occurred on unborn fetuses. The most common side effects that are questionably associated with methadone use are low birth weight, […]
Help for You and Your Daughter’s Drug Addiction
The first time people smoke pot their initial reaction most likely is not “in ten years I am going to be a heroin addict”. No one chooses to become a drug addict, it happens through time and repetitiveness like any habit. Many of us will never experience addiction and that is what makes understanding and […]
Supporting Your Wife through Alcohol and Drug Detox
Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. But as a working mother, wife, and friend she is juggling several hats which can cause her to lose focus on herself. As a wife and mother, women tend to put everyone else’s needs before their own. This subconscious nature can lead to them […]