Category: Staying sober (Page 3)
Illegal Drugs and Women’s Fertility
While it is already known that doing drugs in general, much less while you are pregnant, is not exactly beneficial to your health, a shocking number of women continue to do both. According to one survey, nearly 5 percent of women admitted to illicit drug use within the past 30 days. Moreover, in a drug […]
Navigating Sober Dating
Navigating the tumultuous world of dating proves challenging enough, without having to worry about maintaining your sobriety on top of it. Take it from James, a 33-year-old Los Angeles photographer who has been sober for eight years. When he first re-entered the dating world, “I spent five years dating messed up speed freaks…I guess I […]
Maintaining Sobriety After Treatment
Completing treatment for addiction is a huge accomplishment. You have successfully set yourself up for a new life by renewing your body and mind. The real challenge often begins after treatment, where familiar faces and places can make it all too easy to slip back into bad habits. You can’t take the support network you […]
3 Things to Remember for Successful Addiction Treatment
Choosing to enroll in an addiction treatment program is a wonderful decision that will change your life for the better. Whether you or a loved one are beginning the road to recovery, know that you’ve chosen to regain control of your life. While this is a huge achievement, there are a few things to keep […]
Can I Really Change with Rehab?
You may have tried to get sober before, and perhaps you were even able to reach sobriety for a period. But without realizing why you turned to alcohol in the first place, remaining sober is near impossible. Usually women wait to start focusing on their recovery until they feel they have reached a reasonable level […]