When we make the choice to get sober, we’re being tested and challenged in all kinds of ways, mentally, emotionally, …
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How we respond to the world around us dictates our emotional energy and therefore how we cope with emotional challenges. …
When we begin the recovery process, we enter an international community of people who have all experienced similar struggles and …
Living with addiction, we make certain choices repeatedly. We choose to keep using. We choose to prioritize our addictions over …
Learning to love ourselves might sound like an impossible feat, especially when we’ve been inundating ourselves with self-hatred for so …
While addiction may be genetically inherited by some of us, many others living with addiction can’t determine familial predisposition to …
When we think of self-care, we sometimes associate it with luxury, extraneous pleasure or selfishness. We’ve been conditioned to think …
When we are new to recovery, we are often filled with a sense of excitement and optimism. We feel like …
With drug use on the rise, and addiction and overdose so common, we can feel that the epidemic is utterly …
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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…
Fear has a way of overtaking us and making such an impact on our lives that we feel there’s nothing we can do anything about it. Our fears contribute to our mental health issues such as our depression and anxiety, and they become these invisible…
When we experience something traumatic, we are usually deeply impacted by it, and sometimes there is considerable damage done to our mental, emotional and physical health. Over time, we can become desensitized to trauma in various ways. We start…
The belief systems we carry with us into adulthood are often formed during our childhoods. We inherit them from our families. We develop them on our own from our own experiences and unique perspectives. We adopt other people’s beliefs as our own…
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