What Should I Know About Addiction and Borderline Personality Disorder?
The role of co-occurring mental health disorders in the development of addiction cannot be understated. Understanding mental health and how it relates to substance abuse is key to finding the right help for a long-term recovery. Learn more about addiction and borderline personality disorder. What is BPD? Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is difficult to understand. People with BPD are often [...]
Prepare for the Holidays with These Fun Sober Activities
Christmas is time to remember good times, enjoy festivities, and have fun. There are many things to get done and preparations to make but there are also plans to arrange that don’t have anything to do with drugs or alcohol. Finding sober fun can be hard at holiday time but it is possible. Decorate the House Decorating the home is [...]
Is There a Link Between Antisocial Personality Disorder and Addiction?
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), or ‘sociopathy,’ is a mental disorder characterized by a lack of empathy for others, especially with regards to their personal rights. Considering symptoms of ASPD involve violent activity, awareness is key to helping those with this disorder and addiction seek dual diagnosis treatment. Defining Antisocial Personality Disorder Despite extensive research, mental health experts are still unable [...]
Why Spirituality Can Help Recovery: Some Tips to Consider
Spirituality and recovery is often a hot topic in recovery circles because everyone approaches it from a different, very personal, angle. Experience, much like recovery and spirituality, all denote things depending on how a person views it. Everyone has experiences, but they all vary greatly. Much the same can be said with spirituality and recovery. Sum of the Parts Recovery [...]
Should I Plan a Sober Holiday?
Going away on holiday is important for people who are sober as much as anyone else. The reasons why people go on holiday sober are no different but the parameters may be different because sobriety is at risk at every turn. Figuring out a plan beforehand is key to ensuring lasting recovery and not risking relapse. Pick a Location Odds [...]
Embracing the Minimalist Trend: Why Less is More
Less is typically more, as the saying goes. It is easier said than done to embrace the minimalist trend because marketers want us to believe having more is better, not less. Buy more things to make you happy, buy more things to create the life you want. When it comes to living space, everyone is going smaller and more simplistic. [...]
Why Should You Keep Coming Back to AA?
There is true power in being with other people who are working the steps and seeking support in recovery. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a group that provides a safe, non-judgmental space to grow and learn about yourself in sobriety. Find out more about AA and why you should keep going back for support. Someone Else Needs You Your story is [...]
These Fun Sober Activities Will Have You Feeling Awesome
Drinking has become like a popular sport in America. People all over of all ages are drinking at meal times, during outings, even in their own homes more than ever before. Some people drink to escape stress or to enjoy time with friends. Others seek to lower inhibitions and have fun. Social drinking can be associated with myriad problems including [...]
What Are Common Signs and Symptoms of Meth Withdrawal?
Methamphetamine is known as meth, crystal, fire, speed, and other names but it is all addictive and damaging to a person’s life. Amphetamines have negative ramifications on a person’s brain and central nervous system, making it dangerous. Meth is synthetic, which means man made. Find out how to tell if someone is suffering from withdrawal and how to support someone [...]
Why the Geographical Cure is Less About Sobriety, More About Mindset
By sheer coincidence, everyone seems to have this idea that the grass is greener over there. It is not specifically over there, but on other people’s lawns that we either know or we think we know because we see them on social media. We have no idea what is happening behind the scenes. We do not know what life is [...]