How Boundaries Suport Long-Term Recovery in Addiction
Recovery from addiction is a profoundly personal and challenging process. For many women seeking effective drug addiction treatment, understanding and establishing boundaries in recovery is a vital aspect of achieving…
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What Is a Relapse Prevention Plan?
Relapse is sometimes a part of the recovery process from drug and alcohol addiction. However, the goal of any treatment center is to prevent that from occurring. One way to…
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Highly Addictive Opioids and How to Prevent Addiction
Opioids can lead even those who have never used illegal drugs to develop addictions. Therefore, preventing addiction to drugs starts with doctors regulating the use of these opioids. However, they…
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Sober Activities for Memorial Day Weekend
Many recovering alcoholics find themselves dealing with temptation and risk a relapse when it comes to celebrating the holidays. With drinking being such a socially acceptable activity, it works its…
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3 Ways to Develop Effective Coping Skills
Drug and alcohol addiction causes damage to many aspects of life. It creates turmoil in relationships and makes it hard to do things once loved. That’s why it is so…
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Getting Treatment for Anxiety and Substance Use
Just like the chicken and the egg, the conversation about whether anxiety or substance use comes first is ongoing. No one can say whether anxiety leads to substance use or…
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Commonly Addictive Opioids
Opioid use has become an epidemic in America. Millions of Americans abuse prescription opioids and substances like heroin each year. Thousands of people die each year from opioid overdoses, which…
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National Screening Day Offers Help for Alcohol Addiction
In 1999, the first National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD) event took place. Over 50,000 people attended the events at 1,500 screening centers across the United States, where they received screening…
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Which Type of Counseling Is Best for Addiction Recovery?
There are many parts to a recovery program for substance use disorder and addiction. As a result, no one type of counseling or therapy works best for everyone. In fact,…
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How Do World Events Impact Addiction
There is no shortage of world events that can potentially lead to trauma. Wars, natural disasters, political upheavals, crashing economies, poverty, and pandemics can trigger various mental health issues that…
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