5 Tips to Help You Survive the First 30 Days of Sobriety You've done it! You have completed your time at the addiction recovery center, and the program was a success. You are ready to leave drug rehab and restart your life. That is great news. Now it is time to set your goal [...]
Understanding Fentanyl Addiction It seems as if everyone is talking about opiate addiction and the use of medications like oxycodone or oxycontin to fuel this addiction. While these two medications play a significant part in the opiate addiction crisis, many people overlook a more serious opiate that is flooding the market, Fentanyl. Fentanyl is [...]
Are You Enabling Your Loved One’s Addiction? When your loved one has an addiction, it can be very hard to admit the problem. No one wants to confront their loved one about addiction or the need to go to rehab. Because of this, many people do whatever it takes to avoid the subject of [...]
Factors That Contribute To Addiction Addiction is not a simple disorder. There is not a single cause for addiction. In the past, it was believed that people who became addicted to a substance only did so because they showed no self-control. Some people even believed that addiction was a morality problem. Thankfully, people and [...]
You Are Not A Failure Relapse does not mean failure. You have been through rehab, and you have finally left the rehabilitation center to venture out into the world again. You are focused on establishing a new life for yourself and one that is free from drugs or alcohol. You have made a commitment [...]
The Decision To Change Addiction is not a sign of weakness. It is not a sign of low moral character or flaws in your personality. Addiction is a medical condition that is both a physical and emotional attachment to alcohol or drugs. Overcoming addiction takes more than the willpower to say no. It requires [...]
COVID-19 Enhanced Relapse Triggers When you have overcome your addiction and entered into recovery, you understand that there are things that may trigger a relapse. During your stay at any rehabilitation center, you will learn to identify these triggers and how to avoid relapsing. This is a crucial part of drug addiction recovery. However, [...]
Isolation And Addiction During COVID 19 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many struggles for people when it comes to isolation. For many people, stay-at-home orders have been significantly difficult because they are not used to feeling isolated, causing them stress. For others, especially those who formerly had an addiction, isolation is an all-too-familiar feeling. [...]
Addiction Recovery Can Be Empowering Addiction is many things. Addiction destroys your health, interrupts your life, and breaks relationships with those you love. Addiction harms your job, changes your home life, and takes control of everything. Addiction steals your personal power to live and manage your life. Thankfully, addiction to any substance can be [...]
Uncertainty Can Lead To Addiction Some people may call it excessive worrying. Others may call it a fear of uncertainty. Medical professionals may generalize the condition as an anxiety disorder. It comes down to that you feel stressed out by the uncertainty of life, and that uncertainty can lead you to act in a [...]
