Why You Need to Push Through the Bad Days
Whether you left an addiction treatment program a week ago or a decade ago, chances are by now you’ve experienced both the good days, where it feels like your life may be slowly coming back [...]
The Benefits of Rock Bottom
Rock bottom is a place almost every person who’s struggled with addiction has been before. For some people, it’s less severe than others. No two people on this planet are exactly alike, and everyone hits [...]
Why is Addiction Treatment Focusing on Fitness?
When we think about the treatment options for addiction to drugs or alcohol, it’s not uncommon to think about group therapy, AA or NA, inpatient clinical stays, and a lot of talking about how we [...]
3 Reasons you Should Consider an Inpatient Treatment Program
When you’re examining all of your options for a treatment program for your addiction to drugs or alcohol, there’s several factors to consider right away. Which are affordable or covered by your insurance, which ones [...]
How do I Control Cravings Without Snacking so Much?
One of the most common ways some recovering addicts cope with cravings for drug or alcohol is to eat something, whether just a snack or a full meal, to distract themselves. While this in itself [...]
Addicts are People, not Just Statistics
There are almost countless statistics about addiction and its effects on people. There are statistics and charts about every drug, alcohol, treatment types, treatment effectiveness, the list just goes on and on. With all of [...]
How Can I Stop Beating Myself up for my Past Mistakes?
You did something dumb once. Maybe more than once. Maybe you’ve done more dumb things than you can count. It could be something big and dumb, or small and dumb. Dumb is dumb, and when [...]
How to Rebuild Trust with Loved ones After Addiction
One of the biggest consequences of addiction to drugs or alcohol is the impact it has on your relationships with friends and family. The basis of any healthy relationship is trust, and addiction has the [...]
Why should I Consider Inpatient Addiction Treatment?
Addiction is a serious, potentially devastating disease that can have serious ramifications in your life in many different ways. People are affected by addiction in different ways, and over time as we’ve learned more about [...]
Overcoming Fear by Leaning into Fear
Fear comes from many different places, and it can drive people to do things they never imagined. It’s the emotion that can keep you out of a dangerous situation, or prevent you from branching out [...]