When we’re working to recover, we want to supplement our sobriety with as much self-supportiveness as possible. Often the ways …
When we’re working to recover, we want to supplement our sobriety with as much self-supportiveness as possible. Often the ways …
The Marchman Act is a law under the Florida Statute that allows for individuals struggling with substance abuse to receive …
When we’re working to achieve sobriety and stay on track with our goals in recovery, we can find ourselves totally …
As we’re working towards recovery, many of us can at times feel disheartened, unmotivated and defeated when dealing with all …
We’ve become so committed to avoiding and suppressing our feelings that we develop all kinds of unhealthy compulsions and defense …
Some of the hardest emotional work we do in recovery is releasing the ways in which cultural stigmas around addiction …
Many of us struggling with addiction find ourselves needing to seek out prescribed pain management after an injury or accident, …
Much of our lives revolve around finding ways to avoid feeling our emotions because they’re too painful, too scary to …
Sometimes as we’re approaching the recovery process, we’re tempted to think that a short stay in rehab will be all …
In This Article: Gabapentin is safe to use as directed, but it can cause several mild to severe side effects Combining alcohol and gabapentin can increase the severity of certain side effects of both, such as drowsiness If you take gabapent…
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Many of us have a tendency to form unhealthy attachments to our emotions, and among the feelings we commonly become unhealthily attached to are our guilt, shame and self-blame. We instinctively blame ourselves for things that aren’t our fault. We …
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When we are working towards recovery, it is often after years of suffering with addictions, depression and other mental health issues. Oftentimes we’ve been struggling so long we feel fed up. We want to feel better as quickly as possible, which is…
If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide, PLEASE call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255). When we use the term “rock bottom,” we’re referring to that point we reach in our addiction where we simply can’t go any …
Rhinophyma is the medical term for “ alcoholic nose”, or “drinker’s nose.” This is a skin disorder commonly identified by a red, misshapen, bumpy nose. Due to the symptoms of rhinophyma, people often believed this condition was caused by alcoholism…
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