What do You Get Out of Recovery?
Admitting you have a problem with drugs or alcohol is the first step to recovery and takes a lot of courage and strength. While accepting your addiction to drugs or alcohol can be difficult, acknowledgment [...]
Is it Cool to be Sober?
Many people associate socializing with drinking alcohol and people drink on practically any occasion. A person may intend to have just one or two drinks, but soon discover him or herself in a situation they [...]
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
A person's negative attitude contributes to problems with depression, anxiety, and addiction. For someone with an addiction to drugs and alcohol, negative thinking disrupts all attempts for treatment. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a form of [...]
Causes of Relapse
A person in recovery learns a new way of living without drugs or alcohol. He or she must replace old habits with new, substance-free ones. Recovery is very is difficult and takes time, patience, and [...]
Alcohol’s Effect on the Heart
Alcohol is a depressant and affects a person's mood, emotions, and behavior. Alcohol consumption causes the brain to release dopamine, which gives a person a pleasurable feeling. Alcohol affects the brain and its ability to [...]
What are the Benefits of Regular Massage Therapy?
Many picture massage therapy as part of a spa experience. Your face is turned into a salad followed by someone practicing their kung fu ninja skills on your back. For others massage therapy is reserved [...]
How Alcoholism Impacts the Liver and the Liver Impacts Health
The first time someone with alcoholism has tremors in their hands they may write it off as having too much coffee that day. However, this is can be the first of many signs that alcohol [...]
Picking up Morals is a Change in Pace for Life
Getting caught up in an addiction transports you into another world. Drug users get paranoid about bad drug deals that may leave them beat up and penniless, or worse. Alcoholics often wonder if they are [...]
How to be More Grateful in Your Recovery (and Why That’s Important)
How is it possible that the laughter of children can be heard in the slums of Indonesia? How can a person who just lost everything in a devastating flood still exude joy? The answer is [...]
The Best Tools Family Need for Supporting a Loved One in Recovery
You are elated! Your loved one is in treatment and beginning to recover, but the journey is far from over. Recovery is a lifelong journey, and you will need the best tools for supporting their [...]