Living with addictions and mental health issues can mean we live with fear on a regular basis. Many of us …
Living with addictions and mental health issues can mean we live with fear on a regular basis. Many of us …
Codependence and addiction can be related to one another and can fuel each other. The same patterns we learn that …
At the root of many of our emotional problems, including our addictions and mental health issues, is a lack of …
Our addictions and mental health issues can contribute to our feeling lost, scared and overwhelmed. We can feel as though …
A common theme many of us share is our tendency to prioritize other addicts in our lives over ourselves. Their …
Smartphones are a helpful part of developing technology that help us to manage our lives, run our businesses and stay …
Drug and alcohol use in teenagers is on the increase, and there are some key factors in this disturbing trend. …
When it comes to addiction, the addicts themselves aren’t the only ones affected. Their families and loved ones are also …
Many of us living with addictions and mental health issues also have a problem with self-harm – self-destructive behaviors which …
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…