What Yoga Poses Improve Flexibility?
It is a common misconception that you need to be flexible in order to do any yoga pose. The truth is that by doing yoga, you will be able to become flexible with ease for any phyiscal activity you do. By doing yoga poses that focus on your shoulders, hamstring, and hips where people commonly lack flexibility, doing these poses [...]
How Women Are More at Risk for Addiction Than Men
During the 1990s, only men were studied on substance abuse until more federally-funded studies enrolled more women later. Because the bodies of women are built more differently than men, they are more at risk of developing addiction than men. In a 2010 study from the American Journal of Public Health, it was said that women are more likely to be [...]
How Can I Improve My Critical Thinking Skills?
Critical thinking is using reason to analyze ideas to make better decisions and improve understanding the situation. You would be able to form opinions and be able to expand on them. Critical thinking is a very good skill to have on your resume as it will show companies that you tend to think outside the box and have the power [...]
Ten Sober Activities for Springtime
Spring is the best time to renew your health and your life. Maybe in the past, spring break was about parties and drinking or doing drugs at them. Now that you are in recovery, it is best to find activities that are fun to do and the chance to restart your life again. The first activity can be to make [...]
How Can Marijuana Be Harmful?
Since there have been no reported deaths in result to smoking marijuana, there is still a debate as to whether or not it is safe. When you compare marijuana to alcohol, which can kill you if you drink too much of it, it would seem relatively safe. The truth is that recent studies have shown that marijuana is linked with [...]
Group Therapy Activities for Addiction Treatment
Group therapy is a great way not to feel alone as you are with others going through the same struggles too. Group therapy can be fun depending on the activity. The activities you can do in group therapy involve how to relate to each other, challenge perceptions you have on each other, and build relationships. Every session should always start [...]
What Are the Benefits of Stretching?
Whenever you start a physically strenuous activity, it is always important to stretch out your joints and muscles before you start. If you do not stretch, you can end up pulling a joint and being in pain after the activity is done which can cause a serious injury if you are not careful. Stretching will relax your muscles and increase [...]
What Are Useful Ways to Improve Your Creative Thinking?
Some people are not naturally creative and tend to use their left brain more which is their logical, analytical side. It is important once in a while to use our right brain to unleash your creativity. Creativity can come in handy whenever you are told in business or in life to think outside the box so find ways to explore [...]
Five Steps to Spring Cleaning Your Home
Spring is the season for the start of something new. In this case, it is the perfect time to give your house the makeover it has needed all year. Spring cleaning does not have to be stressful in which you work each room at a time and make goals to keep. You do not need to feel overwhelmed by all [...]
What Are the Effects of Cocaine on the Brain?
Cocaine is a Schedule II drug that has the highest potential for abuse. Not only can cocaine give you blurred vision, convulsions, muscle spasms, and respiratory problems but can do significant damage to the brain. There is no reason why you need to experience the brain effects that a senior citizen has at a young age when you can go [...]