


Why You Have to Make Recovery a Priority
Recovery
Focusing on sobriety every day is a “must”
Once you leave the safe and structured environment of a luxury rehab, it can be difficult to find time and motivation to focus on your sobriety. Everyday life tends to interfere: the stresses…


Lying About Addiction to Family and Friends
Addiction, AlcoholOne of the characteristic signs of addiction is lying about addiction to friends and loved ones. For example, those with an alcohol use disorder will often downplay the amount they consume in hopes of detracting from their actual consumption.…

How Healthy Living Can Fight Addiction
Recovery
Learn why you need a healthy lifestyle to stay off drugs and alcohol
If you’re attending a luxury rehab or other program to combat addictive illness, you’ve taken an enormous step towards a longer, healthier life. After all, nothing will…

The Top 3 Excuses to Ignore Addiction
Recovery
And why you can’t use them anymore
Maybe you’ve taken the first step in combating addictive illness — recognizing there’s a problem. There’s nothing to be ashamed of when you realize you struggle with the disease of alcoholism,…

Why You Need Outpatient Treatment (IOP) after Rehab
Addiction, Outpatient, Recovery, Treatment
Outpatient Treatment after Rehab
Anyone battling addiction will tell you that the initial detox process can be difficult. Get through that, and you’ve taken an enormous step towards living a healthy life without alcohol or drugs. Attending…

Coping Skills You Need in Recovery
Addiction, Recovery, TreatmentCoping Skills You Need in Recovery
If you’re in recovery for drug or alcohol addiction, one of the cornerstones is learning new coping skills. If a person has been turning to substance abuse to numb pain, or deal with complex emotions, they…

Why Alcoholism Runs in Families
Recovery
And What You Can Do About It
If you grew up in an alcoholic family, you may have promised yourself that once you got out, you’d never make the same mistakes as your parents. You may even have sworn never to put your kids through what you…

Recovery Versus Reality
Addiction, Alcohol, RecoveryThe truth about conquering your addiction
Many people are reluctant to admit they have an addiction, or go to a rehab facility because of the myths surrounding treatment. Before you give up on recovery altogether, get the facts so that you…

Why You Need a Support System after Leaving Treatment
Addiction, RecoveryLeaving treatment for alcohol and drug abuse can feel like breath of fresh air – a new start. You’ve faced your problems, conquered your demons, and all the hard work is over. Right ?
Well, yes and no. One of the biggest steps – admitting…

I Don’t Want to Quit Drinking But I Need To
Addiction, Alcohol, RecoveryThere are a multitude of reasons why a person might have developed their addiction to alcohol. Alcohol can fill an empty space, a void in one’s life, providing a sense of comfort and peace…at least for a while. Some turn to alcohol when…

Non 12 Step SMART Recovery
Addiction, Recovery, TreatmentIntroduction
One of the most important protective factors against relapse following addiction treatment is the active participation in the recovery community. Because engaging in recovery meetings is so intrinsic to recovery success, it is…

Average Time For Alcohol Detox and Withdrawal
Addiction, Alcohol, DetoxWhen persistent, excessive consumption of alcohol leads to an alcohol use disorder it can have a negative impact on all aspects of a person’s life. In addition to the well-known adverse health effects, alcohol abuse can damage careers, relationships,…

Treatment for Accidental Drug Overdose
Drug Abuse, Opioids, Recovery, Substance AbuseIn the past, a drug overdose was a somewhat rare occurrence. An occasional news report of a celebrity drug overdose death or a neighborhood rumor about a local overdose might emerge, but these incidents were not common. How dramatically things…

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