Category: Recovery (Page 3)
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 […]
How to Deal with Emotions in Recovery
When going through recovery, most people continually speak about maintaining a certain level of positivity when going through the transition into a life of sobriety. Especially since people who are coming out of sobriety are coming out without abusing the drugs that they used to use to suppress their feelings, it is important for them […]
Gloucester’s ‘Angel’ Addiction Recovery Program
In recent news, police have been making moves to help drug addicts in recovery, rather than punishing them. One specific town that is paving the way for other police stations to do the same, is Gloucester with their “Angel” program. As of late, the small town has found itself dealing with an overwhelming amount of […]
Celebrities Who Were Addicts
There is a stereotypical image of celebrities suffering from substance abuse and not having their life together – i.e. Amy Winehouse after a night on the town. However, there are plenty of starlets that you may not have even realized that they battled an addiction. Check out these celebrities who stayed under the radar when […]
How to Get Relationship Advice While in Recovery
For those in recovery from addiction, many are probably wondering to themselves where to start when it comes to getting relationship advice post a life of substance abuse. Not only that, but how do you even date sober? Most people who are new in recovery may have never even dated sober, and as a result, […]
Does Sobriety Affect Your Creativity?
More often than not, it seems that some of the most creative people consequently fall victim to addiction. After all, it was Ernest Hemingway who coined the phrase “write drunk; edit sober.” With a proclamation such as that, it begs the question of whether or not addiction and substance abuse actually unleashes the creativity within […]
You Are in Recovery – But Your Partner is not. Now What?
What do you do if your significant other is not in recovery – and you are? Former addict Lucinda Lumiere had to find that out for herself, after dating a slew of men who were not in recovery after she decided to get clean, until finally ending up with her husband – who subsequently is […]
Fun Facts about Forgiveness
When going through the recovery process, one of the most important topics that comes to the forefront is forgiveness. Whether it be you forgiving yourself or another, this list of fun facts about forgiveness will definitely help lighten the mood when you find yourself having a hard time coping with the concept of forgiveness. Cats. […]
Anti-Psychotic Medications on the Way Out?
Low-income and foster children have recently been the topic of much debate in California. As of late, the Golden State has actively been denying requests from doctors to medicate the aforementioned group. Since last October, the rate of denials have increased three times, thus bringing the amount of anti-psychotics being written, down from 16,915 to […]
Inside Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days Of The War on Drugs
Author of Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days Of The War on Drugs, Johann Hari, aims to find a better way to fight addiction, because according to him – what we are doing isn’t working. The book delves into the War on Drugs and what we are really fighting about after all. He […]