Will Sobriety Ever Get Easier?
Living a clean, sober life is a marathon of epic proportions, not a quick sprint to the finish line of sobriety. It’s every day, every week, every year of your life that you’re clean. It’s [...]
Living a clean, sober life is a marathon of epic proportions, not a quick sprint to the finish line of sobriety. It’s every day, every week, every year of your life that you’re clean. It’s [...]
One of that hardest moments when you are the friend or loved one of someone struggling with an addiction is when the addict person refuses to get help or admit that they have a drug [...]
There are several different programs and plans available to treat drug or alcohol abuse and addiction, anything from traditional, to holistic or even specialized programs that focus exclusively on an activity, like horse training riding. [...]
There’s a line, in Shawshank Redemption, that you hear paraphrased commonly: "Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.” “Hope is a dangerous thing.” In a way, hope can be a dangerous [...]
One of the most common reasons we give people, especially young adults and teenagers, to avoid using marijuana in any way is that it is a gateway drug that leads people to try out harder [...]
Life can be a bear sometimes. It can be hard, and ugly, and just downright miserable. Especially in today’s world, where news is right at our fingertips, it seems like we’re just constantly swimming in [...]
Men and women alike often find themselves facing a battle with drug or alcohol addiction. While they may show many of the same behaviors or make similar choices, there are actually several differences between how [...]
When you make the decision to get help for addiction to drugs or alcohol, it’s one of the biggest choices you’ll make. It can be uplifting and freeing, knowing that you’ve made the decision to [...]
Alcoholism can have a major, lasting impact on how your brain and body works, which causes changes that impact your emotional and physical well-beings and how you behave. Recovering from the affects of alcoholism is [...]
One of the most important steps in treatment for drug or alcohol addiction is to start developing healthy habits in all aspects of your life. Your addiction has most likely caused health problems, ranging from [...]