This Gift Giving List May Help You Shop for a Loved One in Recovery
The perfect gift-giving guide may not be so perfect for a loved one in recovery. Giving a gift can be greatly beneficial in a relationship, letting people build (or rebuild) relationships and honor traditions around the holidays or special events like birthdays. Learn some unique, creative ideas for what to shop for that may surprise a loved one in recovery. [...]
How Do Public Restrooms Play a Role in the Opioid Epidemic?
Public restrooms are on the front line of the opioid epidemic. The opioid epidemic has impacted countless families and individuals. In any public restroom people can wander in and out as much as they like, doing as they please, and nobody knows the difference. Business owners are taking notice after seeing the restrooms littered with used syringes, drugs, and even [...]
Why Banging Bongoes May Help You Feel Connected in Recovery
One way people love to explore recovery and healing is thru drum therapy. Drumming circles can help people in recovery connect with one another and develop deeper bonds. Taking a closer look at drumming, it can help the addiction recovery process if a person remains open to this healing. What is Drumming Therapy Drumming therapy, or drumming, is an approach [...]
Give Crystal Healing a Try in Recovery: Here’s How
Crystal healing is just one remedy people turn to in recovery in support of their journey. Even if a person does not understand how it works, crystals have been used for healing in many ways for centuries. Popular alternative healing practices like yoga, meditation, and others including crystal healing as part of the experience. The goal is to keep yourself [...]
What Are the Benefits and Risks of Ibogaine?
Ibogaine is a psychoactive alkaloid illegally used in the United States for treating opiate addiction. Healthcare providers and researchers are desperate to find solutions to the opioid crisis but may be overlooking a possible cure in the meantime. Find out why there are risks and benefits to the use of Ibogaine. History of Ibogaine Ibogaine is a psychoactive alkaloid that [...]
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 [...]