Category: QA

There are countless challenges we face in recovery, and one of the hardest for many of us is the fact that we end up losing friendships that were very important to us. Why is losing friends such a common part of recovery for so many of us? There are many different reasons why this can […]

Those of us struggling with addiction and mental health issues are no strangers to experiencing intense and sometimes debilitating anxiety. We might suffer from anxiety attacks, panic attacks, eating disorders, insomnia, and other anxiety-related issues. We might have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which is an anxiety disorder that causes us painful obsessive thinking and/or compulsions. We […]

Sometimes as we’re finishing up treatment, we can become convinced that we’ll be able to stay sober easily because of how successful we’ve been with our sobriety so far. We feel confident and self-assured. We have faith in ourselves and our recovery. Unfortunately, sometimes our excitement can cause us to feel a premature sense of […]

Our criminal justice system has developed multiple different court programs to help offenders find more lasting and holistic approaches to their criminal problems than just punishment. Some of these programs include drug courts, veteran treatment courts, and problem-solving courts. There are thousands of examples found all over the country, with multiple different organizations involved in […]

Addiction recovery is a complicated journey for many of us, one that lasts long after we’ve finished treatment and continues for the rest of our lives. We find, especially after relapsing, that we have to stay diligent with ourselves about staying on track with our sobriety. It’s not something we can become complacent about. We […]

For many of us, our addictive patterns are something we try our hardest to conceal from the people in our lives. We don’t want them to worry about us. We don’t want them to judge us. Very often we don’t want them to try and force us to get help, because chances are we’re not […]

Many of us struggling with addiction, unfortunately, have grown accustomed to not feeling supported in our daily lives, around our addictions and mental health issues, and pertaining to the intense issues and deep pain we’re experiencing. We’re used to our loved ones telling us to just snap out of our depression or to calm down […]

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 but totally debilitating, overpowering, destructive forces in our lives. We […]

When we’re struggling with addiction, as with any other challenge, we sometimes have a tendency to rush to the finish line, to want to reach our end goal as quickly as possible. We’re tired of the struggle and want to finally experience success. We want to feel the relief of having finally finished. Seeing our […]

For those of us struggling with mental illness, we have a tendency to allow our mental health issues to define us and to let the stigmas around mental illness control our lives. We craft our identities around our struggles with illness. They become the foundation for our self-perception. They taint our self-image and our feelings […]