How to Help a Family Member with Mental Health
Anyone can have a mental health diagnosis- including your close relatives. Your relative should feel relieved that there is an explanation for their behaviors and that there is treatment. Now that your relative has been diagnosed, it is important not to distance yourself from them as this is the time that they will need you the most to help them [...]
What Buddhists Know About Transforming Anger Into Clarity Can Help Recovery
It seems so many people are angry about something nowadays. Anger brings powerless, brings anxiety, fear, and many other negative emotions. There is not much healthy that comes out of anger. It brews inside a person, begging to be expressed physically. Learning to harness the power of anger into clarity can be transformational for addiction recovery, with help from Buddhism. [...]
Creating Healthy Relationships
Before you entered into treatment, maybe your old friends were enabling or supporting your substance abuse instead of encouraging you to get help. Maybe they treated you badly but you still hung out with them because you could not distinguish what friendly and unfriendly behaviors were. When you reach sobriety and you decide to hang around with people who are [...]
These 3 Types of Addictions Are Socially “Accepted” and Dangerous
Some drugs are known to be socially accepted because people think they are not ‘really’ addictions. The challenge of changing perceptions is to notice how it impacts social relationships and a person’s life, including mental and physical health. Find out what some of the more socially ‘accepted’ addictions are and how to combat against them. Wine is Alcohol A misconception [...]
Five Kinds of Boredom
Boredom is when you have nothing to do and you do not know what to do with yourself. There are pleasant types of boredom and unpleasant times where you could stress yourself out from the tediousness of your day. Here are five different types of boredom that many people experience. One type is indifferent boredom where you feel relaxed and [...]
The Deadly Risks of Fentanyl
Fentanyl has taken over the streets, turning the tides quickly in favor of illegal drugs. Unfortunately, it is claiming lives in its wake even as people are now waking up to the realization more needs to be done to combat the entry of this lethal drug on the scene. Just by being around the drug, a person can get sick. [...]
What to Give Up in Recovery
We already know that when you are in recovery, it is critical for you to give up drugs and alcohol. Being clean also requires you to give up the negative behaviors and beliefs that brought you to addiction in the first place. By making changes in your thinking and attitudes towards the world, you will be able to achieve sobriety [...]
How to Beat Caffeine Addiction
Beating caffeine addiction is challenging but it may not be as tough as some other drugs and alcohol to defeat. Getting off caffeine is no simple task. Like any drug, caffeine works in your brain and impacts the chemicals and pathways there. Over time, a person gets used to having it in the body and brain, even when trying to [...]
There is No Age Limit for Treatment
It is very common for teens to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol. According to Alcohol Rehab, 33% of the population have tried their first drink from ages 15 and 17 and 18% drank when they were much younger. There are many rehab programs that are specifically for youth and there is no age limit when it comes [...]
Most Common Side Effects of Vicodin Use
Vicodin is a medication which has powerful therapeutic use for people in pain. This opioid can potentially lead to a range of mild to severe side effects over time. The side effects can range for people in severity but it can also be highly addictive, creating other challenges in its wake. Side Effects Any medication which contains hydrocodone and produces [...]