Make no mistake: the longer a person goes without recovering from a drug or alcohol addiction the harder it is, but a recovery is possible no matter what you’ve been through. The secret ingredient is hope. Perspective A lack of hope is one of the common reasons why so many people resort to drug or alcohol abuse in ... Read More
Help for You
Mental health and substance abuse issues are not rare, yet there is a stigma in admitting you need help. Seeking treating can be the turning point you need to live a better life. These articles explore the struggles addicts and those suffering from mental health conditions likely face or will be facing as you seek a better life. Here you’ll also find guidance as you find treatment, navigate early recovery and begin your new life.
It’s Never Too Late to Recover
Why You Should Detox from Xanax Today
Xanax, which is also known by its brand name of alprazolam, is only recommended for short durations of less than six weeks. Unfortunately, many people remain on their prescriptions for longer or access it for recreational use. Xanax is highly addictive, and what might have started as a treatment for anxiety can soon ... Read More
The Steps of Recovery at an Addiction Treatment Facility
When a person who struggles with being drug or alcohol abusers realizes they have a problem, the first step to quit drinking is admitting their alcohol intake could be seen as both abuse and addiction. After that the addict must continue the recovery process by speaking to their friends and loved ones about their ... Read More
Gamify Your Recovery
Recovery is no game, but that doesn't mean we can't use the elements of games to help us in our recoveries. What is Gamification? Gamification is the process of using elements traditionally associated with games in other areas of life. We see this all the time. Google Maps, for example uses gamification to encourage ... Read More
Reclaim your brain – Work your body
All addiction affects the brain on a very deep chemical level, and heroin is no different. It hijacks the systems that our species has developed to promote evolutionarily useful actions, and overloads them with self-reinforcing messages of need and dependence on an outside substance. At this point you could say that ... Read More
Fight For Something Bigger Than Yourself
Have you sat around with friends in the past, worrying about the state of the world? Solving the world's problems via late night conversation? I don’t know about you but that’s when I drank the most. Those were the times I would put back glasses of wine while pontificating about all kinds of ways I thought the world ... Read More
Write a Letter To Yourself
When you were little did you ever have to write yourself a letter? A couple of times in my youth a teacher or camp counselor had me write a letter to myself that they would, supposedly, send my way a few months later, only one ever did. I think the idea is to connect a sense of time and change to kids, and connecting ... Read More
Addicted with an Unsupportive Family
There are all kinds of families out there. As society gets more comfortable with gender and sexuality stereotypes bending and breaking, we see many different ways to define “family”. It’s great because there are so many people out there who have been abandoned by family, or whose relationships have deteriorated with ... Read More