When Do You Know You’re Ready For Treatment?
Recovery is a long road, and it can be difficult to understand whether or not you’re ready to get treatment. On the one hand, you’re going to want to get help as soon as possible. [...]
5 Ways To Cope With Addiction As A Family
Addiction isn’t just difficult for the person suffering with the disease, it can also be difficult for those around them. The family is no exception, which is why it’s so important to understand the tactics [...]
How Addiction Can Impact a Family
When someone is addicted, they’re not just hurting themselves, they’re hurting everyone around them. This can be especially problematic for family members, who may be less inclined to set the boundaries needed to protect themselves. [...]
How Do You Plan an Intervention?
Getting someone to seek addiction treatment can be difficult. While you may be tempted to dismiss your loved one’s issue, thinking that it’s none of your business, it’s vitally important to show them why they [...]
How to Encourage Your Loved One to Get Addiction Treatment
Encouraging a loved one to get addiction treatment can be difficult. People rarely want to confront how their behaviors can cause problems for both themselves and the people around them. As well, it’s very common [...]
How To Stay Sober After Your Treatment
Recovery is a lifelong journey. Once you’ve left treatment, there’s a lot you can be proud of. You’ve overcome one of the biggest humps, moving past chemical addiction and seeing how life can feel without [...]
How To Identify A Functioning Alcoholic
One of the most obvious signs of addiction is when someone has trouble interacting with society because of their dependence on a substance. Whether they’re losing their job, getting in trouble with the law, or [...]
5 Signs Your Loved One Is An Addict
Addiction is a difficult disease to deal with, and it affects people in a variety of different ways. For this reason, it isn’t always easy to spot the signs that your loved one is an [...]
Opioid Overdose Signs and Symptoms
Opioid addiction is a serious issue. Roughly 275 million people use opioids, and 27 million of them struggle with addiction to these substances. These addictions can lead to fatal overdoses, which is why it’s important [...]
How to Come Back After a Relapse
Addiction is a disease that many people struggle with, and recovery can be a long journey to complete. It’s common for people to relapse, but that doesn’t mean your journey is over. Instead, it means [...]
Signs That I Have an Addiction Problem
Addiction is a disease that can be difficult to acknowledge. Some people don’t see it as a disease, or they think it should be easy to quit. The truth is, the road to recovery is [...]
How Do I Stay Connected and Find Addiction Support During the Covid 19 Crisis?
The road to recovery is long, and addiction is difficult to deal with even in the best of times. As we’re all living through a quarantine, you may have some questions about addiction treatment. Are [...]
A Son’s Letter to Mom
Dear Mom, I wish I could say that the only one my addiction hurt was myself, but I know that’s not true. You were there. You were there every step of the way, even when [...]
How to Live With a Recovering Alcoholic
Your loved one is on the road to recovery, but it’s not an easy path. It’s full of temptations, and while you mean well, the doubt and fear you have could be casting a shadow [...]
How Long Does Meth Stay in Your System
Meth, increasingly gaining notoriety as a powerful stimulant drug offering an incredibly energetic high, it highly addictive. And while its effects generally will last from six to 12 hours, meth remains detectable for longer. While [...]
New Year’s Resolution to Get Sober? Here’s Your First Steps
Happy New Year! Have you made a resolution to finally kick your habit and get sober this year? If so, congratulations! If you’re still deciding on your resolution but are considering making a change around [...]
How Long Does Heroin Stay In Your System?
Opioid addictions are difficult to beat, and no opioid addiction does more damage than heroin. These poppy plant-derived substances are highly addictive, resulting in some of the most severe addictions in existence. This illicit substance [...]
Learning How to Relax Without Drugs and Alcohol
One of the number one reasons people report using drugs and alcohol is stress. Learning to deal with life’s ups and downs without chemical assistance is a huge milestone in recovery from substance abuse. It’s [...]
How Long Does Cocaine Stay In Your System
Derived from coca leaves, cocaine is a powerful stimulant and anesthetic that played a role in 13,942 overdoses in 2017 alone. The addictive and deadly nature of this drug makes it one of the most [...]
Getting Real: Alcoholism and Honesty
Be honest. Get real. Tell the truth. These are important idioms to live by but for those of us who have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, the struggle to live life out in the open [...]
