Recovery is an ongoing process, fraught with constant challenges. Whether you’re dealing with everyday stress or are around friends who use drugs or drink alcohol, it can be all too easy to slip and slide backward. One of these challenges includes avoiding medications that may interfere with your recovery. Even if your doctor prescribes you … Continued
The words “habit” and “addiction” are frequently interchanged, but there is one significant difference between the two. Habits can be negative or positive, while addictions are only negative. The trick to identifying, which is which often lies in the amount of time and effort it takes to break one. What is a Habit? Habits begin … Continued
There is a heavy stigma surrounding addicts and alcoholics, labeling them as people who “choose to take the easy way out” by drowning themselves in drugs and alcohol. The truth is, however, that there is nothing easy about addiction. It is a progressive disease that creates an endless amount of trouble and risk for both … Continued
Public health experts estimate one in ten people suffer from some form of addiction. Addiction doesn’t include just the typical substances of alcohol, prescription pills, and illicit drugs. Gambling, sex and pornography addicts suffer terribly as well. With those staggering statistics, it’s highly probable someone in your family may have an addiction problem and is … Continued
Discovering that a loved one has an issue with substance abuse is a distressing situation. It has the potential to rock a family dynamic to its very core. Few people feel equipped to deal with the situation effectively, and most people struggle when trying to convince an addict to go to rehab. It’s a challenging … Continued
Addiction is a disease that affects both men and women, but that doesn’t mean each gender benefits from exactly the same approach to treatment. Since the sexes have some inherent differences, it stands to reason that their experiences with substance abuse will differ. These experiences form part of the criteria considered when establishing a treatment … Continued
When you’re choosing an addiction recovery center, there are a number of factors to consider. One that’s often overlooked is the location of the facility. You might think that attending rehab close to home is the best option, but that’s not always the case. Attending an out-of-state rehab offers a number of benefits: Increased privacy: … Continued
Traditionally, the stereotype of a drug user was predominantly male. The same was also true of the typical heart-attack sufferer. Either through evolution or more specific studies, both of these stereotypes have been overturned to reveal that women are just as likely as men to suffer heart attacks, and they’re also just as likely to … Continued
Our traditional mental image of an alcoholic is of someone who simply cannot keep their life together. The alcohol is interfering with their family, their friendships, their job, and their health. But 20% of alcoholics don’t look like this. They are called high-functioning alcoholics, and they have all the outward signs of success: a good … Continued