Why Stigma is Still So Challenging for People in Recovery When you look back on how you used to look and feel when addicted and know your life now, you may wonder what happened. That is the reality of recovery. It can be such a shift from who you were then to who you are…
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Functional Addiction Cannot Replace Recovery Even if you think you are not struggling with addiction recovery, it may be that you are living a double life without realizing it. Functioning well while drinking or using drugs is not a replacement for recovery. You still need to look at the bigger picture of your addiction to…
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What Are Tips to Get My “Happy Place” Back? A new study has been looking at how to best support people in recovery from prescription painkillers, opiates, and heroin. It is possible to restore the body’s natural reward system, which gets hijacked in addiction. Finding that baseline ‘happy place’ can be tricky but necessary to…
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How Do I Choose a Sober Living House? It is safe to assume that people who struggle on the road to recovery have been waiting a long time to get to a point where they are sober. Maybe several tries to maintain sobriety have kept them from achieving what feels like a lofty goal. It…
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Alcohol and Trauma Impact the Brain in Ways You May Not Realize Addiction research provides insight into the understanding of addiction. We continue to search for answers on addiction developments and the hope is to find connections between how it develops and social, experiential, or biological circumstances. Researchers have looked at many ways a person’s…
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Do I Need a Recovery Contract? When a loved one completes a rehab program, they get to come home soon (unless they go to sober living). Celebrations may take time because the reality is life can be messy in sobriety and recovery is for life. That said, a person needs lots of help setting (and…
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Don’t Believe the Hype About “Geographical Cures” for Addiction Recovery cannot be something you just happen across, it takes planning and foresight. When you head out on vacation, you have to think about where you go and what you do so you don’t put yourself somewhere you can trigger yourself. Find out why you cannot…
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What Can I Expect from a Loved One Home from Rehab? When a loved one is on their way home from rehab, the whole family is likely excited (and a bit nervous). Maybe they have all traveled this road before but maybe they are starting to ponder what this will all be like. In spite…
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Empathy May Play a Role in Relapse: Here’s Why Empathy is the ability to relate to people’s emotions. This trait helps people identify with others, their feelings, and support them. Having this emotion is extremely important to support those in recovery from drugs or alcohol. Learn more about this trait its role in relapse. Empathy…
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What Are Some Tips for Coping with Withdrawal Mood Swings? Alcohol withdrawal packs a punch. It his a wide range of physical, emotional, and psychological symptoms. Some are handled medically, others may be managed with counseling. There is no secret ‘recovery tool’ sitting in your drawer ready to go. However, there may be some ways…
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