People in recovery must be especially careful when taking any kind of over-the-counter (otc) or prescription medications. Many otc meds…
Recovery
If you haven’t heard of Mindfulness, it’s a form of meditation designed to bring greater awareness to your mind and…
The countdown to the holidays is on! For many, holidays mean delightful aromas, twinkling lights and celebrations with friends and…
Russell Brand on Recovery The last time I thought about taking heroin was yesterday. I had received “an inconvenient truth”…
Co-Occuring Disorders: Why They’re Important to Recognize and Treat
Category: Mental Health, Recovery
This article was originally published on June 14, 2016 as “Demi Lovato’s Addiction and Bipolar Disorder: a Dual Diagnosis in Rehab”…
This is part five of a twelve-part series wherein we will take a closer look at each of the twelve…
We Are Family: Loving a Person with Substance Use Disorder
Category: Families, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Programs, Recovery
How we got here Many of us know the feeling of anxiety that we get when we are concerned about…
This is part four of a twelve-part series wherein we will take a closer look at each of the twelve…
This is part three of a twelve-part series wherein we will take a closer look at each of the twelve steps…
For years, recovery from chemical dependency was thought to be the same for everyone, regardless of gender. The thinking was…
After almost seven years in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, the first image that comes to mind when I…
This is part two of a twelve-part series wherein we will take a closer look at each of the twelve steps…
A big part of recovery is breaking the old habits that reinforced addiction and replacing them with healthy habits that…
This is part one of a twelve-part series wherein we will take a closer look at each of the twelve…
Each year as December slides into January, we begin making lists of all the things we want to change…