People who abuse drugs or alcohol neglect important components of daily health. Their physical and emotional well-being takes a huge hit, particularly because the damage is so extensive with addiction. Exercise can be a great [...]
When people think about managing mental health conditions, posture is not the first thing that comes to mind. More research is showing how a person holds their body impacts their mind and how they feel. [...]
Eating healthy everyday should be important to you. You should be getting a mix of carbs, proteins, healthy fats, grains, calcium, and other nutrients. Maintaining your nutrition does not mean that you have to make [...]
Physical abuse can be easy to detect if you notice a child with constant bruises on themselves. Emotional neglect, on the other hand, is not as noticeable as it is when your parents are not [...]
Being in recovery is a day-by-day work in progress that has good days and bad days. You should always wake up every morning looking forward to what the day may bring. Here are some morning [...]
Death can be very hard to process when it involves someone you love. Instead of confronting tragedy, some want to pretend it did not happen and live in denial to avoid having depression, anxiety, or [...]
Being hyper connected is not necessarily a bad thing, until it becomes a problem. Forward-thinking recovery programs are looking at ways to structure rehab settings in a way that support people’s growth and healing, but [...]
Feeling lonely and being alone are two very different concepts. Being alone is the idea that a person can be by themselves, yet perhaps enjoy their own company. Feeling lonely is one of those things [...]
It can be hard to look to a Higher Power when times get hard. You feel like being mad at the world and some take to substance abuse or relapse back into it when challenges [...]
Going back home may be the hardest thing a person can do post treatment. Heading back into reality from rehab can feel like going into the lion’s den, with triggers all over the place. Relapse [...]
