When we witness addiction in our families, we can later find this to be reflected in some of our emotional …
When we witness addiction in our families, we can later find this to be reflected in some of our emotional …
One of the biggest misconceptions about addiction is that people struggling with them simply lack the willpower needed to kick …
Living with addictions and mental health issues can feel like an uphill battle, like a fight we aren’t meant to …
Withdrawal is the term given to the wide range of symptoms we can experience when stopping our drug of choice. …
Balance is one of the hardest things to achieve when we are struggling with addictions and mental health issues. We …
Many of us struggling with addictions and mental health issues use our relationships in unhealthy ways. This can have a …
When we are living with addictions, even when we are suffering the most, we often try to hide our addictions …
Depression can be one of the hardest things we have to live with when it comes to addiction and mental …
Sometimes children develop addictive, compulsive and dependent behaviors long before adulthood, long before the behaviors would be considered to be …
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…