What Does Smoking Have to Do with Addiction?
Everyone seems to smoke these days. Perhaps that is only based on who you associate with, but there are more opportunities than ever to smoke in various ways. It may seem some even revolve their lives around the next cigarette or e-cigarette. Find out why smoking seems associated with addiction and how to find help if smoking has become a [...]
What to Know About Addiction, Your Immune System, and Cancer
Drugs are bad for people as most know, but that does not stop them from abusing them. Addiction is not about picking and choosing a drug to be addicted to, it just takes hold of those who try it once, or keep using over time, and it is non-discriminating in who it impacts. Addiction can be harmful physically to the [...]
What Does My Neighborhood Have to Do with Addiction?
Being in recovery means changing how you deal with life but also requires shifts in where you live. Wherever you used to live may be blanketed with liquor stores, bars, or places that remind you of who you were then and where you used to go while in active addiction. Perhaps even the old place where you lived had a [...]
Holistic Tips for Staying Sober Through the Holidays
Stress is elevated during the holidays for everyone, no matter what your struggles are at that moment. Sobriety is no different, except it kind of is different for you. Cravings, triggers, and everything else that comes with recovery can be a real bummer if you let it get you down. The main thing is to focus on holistic practices that [...]
Can Telemedicine Transform Addiction Treatment?
The lack of healthcare access for people who are low-income or in areas where access is less available presents significant health challenges. Not everyone can get to a treatment center and it presents challenges to supporting recovery. Learning how to transform medicine to support people with addiction may include telemedicine, depending on how it is provided. Tech Access Benefits One [...]
You May Want to Scale Back Those Energy Drinks – Here’s Why
The heavy use of energy drinks can be detrimental to a person’s health. Scaling back on them is good not only for physical health, but emotionally as well. It can become a cross over addiction very swiftly but it may be a standalone addiction that starts as well. Find out why you should scale back on energy drinks and how [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Write Those Resolutions Just Yet
Resolutions are something it seems everyone talks about doing before the end of a year, going into the new year ahead. It seems few people actualize those goals and make them happen. Resolutions are not just something to talk about, they require an action plan. Making an action plan is much more effective than resolutions but they also require resolute [...]
What is the Connection Between Substance Abuse and Disability?
Whether a disability comes from a medical condition, accident, or is congenital (from birth), it can have a serious negative impact on a person’s emotional well-being. More than 50 million Americans live with some type of disability. While that statistic includes people with mental or physical impairment, it also encompasses those who become disabled at some point during their lifetime. [...]
How to Overcome Triggers While Dating Sober
Dating is challenging for anyone, especially for people in recovery. Maybe it has been awhile since being in a relationship or it is a new thing to date sober. Triggers can happen anytime, but being aware of what happens when triggers come up can help you navigate this sometimes challenging terrain. What Are Triggers Addiction triggers are anything that makes [...]
What Does Oxytocin Have to Do with Addiction?
Research into oxytocin has brought forth helpful insights into several areas of mental health. Everyone has this chemical at birth, but each person has a different amount. The first encounter most have with oxytocin is just after birth when a baby is in the mother’s arms. The parent-child bond is greatly affected by this hormone’s release. Learn more about the [...]