A powerful self-love practice we can implement in our lives is to start monitoring our self-talk. Very often the ways …
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Healing from addiction means addressing the root causes of our emotional issues, and for so many of us, our lack …
Our intuition is one of the best internal mechanisms we have for self-protection. Our intuition, and the instincts we develop …
When we are lacking in self-love, we self-destruct and self-harm in countless different ways. We struggle with addiction and mental …
The self-destructive cycles of our addiction can cause us to lose our connection to our inner voice. We can start …
When one of more of our family members is struggling with addiction, we are all affected and the negative impacts …
The ways in which we handle our emotions are often extremely toxic for our mental, emotional and physical health. Many …
Addiction is sometimes referred to as a family disease because it affects everyone in the addict’s life and also because …
If we allow it to, regret can totally consume us and the pain of it can contribute to our addictions …
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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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