Creating a Healing Home Environment for Addiction Recovery
Featured, Guest Blog, Mental Health, Recovery, Sobriety, TreatmentThe road to addiction recovery holds various challenges. You already know that the outcome for your health, stability, and relationships will be more than worth it. This doesn’t always make the hurdles you face any easier to overcome. Your…
How to Support a Loved One During Their Post-Rehab Job Search
Addiction, Featured, Guest Blog, News, Recovery, RehabFor anyone coming out of a rehabilitation program, finding a new job can be a daunting prospect. Looking for a job is one of the more stressful situations we can face. Add to it the concerns of staying on top of one’s sobriety and mental health…
The Consequences of Snorting Xanax
Benzodiazepines, Drugs, Featured, News, Recovery, Treatment, XanaxIf you or someone you care about has been snorting Xanax they have likely acquired an addiction to the drug. Snorting Xanax will increase the risk of an overdose, among other dangers.
It might be hard to believe that the little pill you took…
Victims of Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Programs
Featured, Personality Disorders, Recovery, TreatmentINTRODUCTION
The victim looks like any other normal woman. She is smart, pretty, and kind. She wears no outward visible signs of her ordeal to the untrained eye. But appearances can be deceiving, as this woman is carrying around so much…
How to Surround Yourself With People Who Understand Your Recovery Lifestyle
Featured, Guest Blog, Recovery, TreatmentRecovering from an addiction isn’t easy when you feel as though you have to do it on your own. Relapse is often a huge problem among recovering addicts, with anywhere from 40-60% of individuals relapsing after they’ve gone through some type…
Birth Defects From Alcohol and Drugs
Alcohol, Birth Defects, Detox, Drug Treatment, Drugs, Family, Featured, Physical Health, Recovery, Rehab, Sobriety, Statistics, Substance Abuse, Treatment, Well-being, WellnessWhen a woman is expecting a baby she will usually go to great lengths to take care of herself to help ensure the baby will be healthy, and that the pregnancy will go as smoothly as possible. In some cases, however, the mother-to-be may not take…
7 Tips for Alcohol Self Help
Addiction, Alcohol, Featured, Recovery, Rehab, Sobriety, TreatmentSafely Stopping Alcohol
Human pride is a powerful emotion. We like to believe that we are invincible and able to manage our stuff, right? Being in control gives us a feeling of autonomy, a sense that we can handle the trials that life tosses…
What Did Demi Lovato Overdose On
Addiction, Celebrities, Drug Treatment, Drugs, Featured, Fentanyl, News, Opiates, Overdose, Recovery, Rehab, Substance Abuse, TreatmentDemi Lovato's Struggle with Addiction
When a beloved entertainer like Demi Lovato, who had been recently celebrating her recovery, suddenly falls down it reminds anyone who is battling the monster just how vulnerable they, too, are to relapse.…
Symptoms of Childhood Trauma in Adults
Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Featured, Inpatient, Mental Health, Outpatient, PTSD, Recovery, Treatment, Well-being, WellnessChildhood Abuse Resulting in Mental Health Conditions
One of the biggest predictors of adult onset mental health disorders is whether someone had experienced trauma in childhood. Children who experience physical or sexual abuse, neglect, sudden…
Librium for Alcohol Withdrawal to Ease Symptoms
12 Step, Addiction, Alcohol, Benzodiazepines, Detox, Featured, Recovery, Rehab, Sobriety, Treatment, WithdrawalEasing Symptoms of Alcohol Withdrawal Safely
Both alcohol addiction and alcohol withdrawal are dangerous conditions with potentially fatal consequences. Untreated alcoholism will progress relentlessly until it manages to destroy physical and…