Doctors and Drug Addiction: Key Ways to Find Help Doctors and physicians are ascribed a certain level of trust in how they do their work. They are able to help heal people, prescribe medication, and even perform life-saving surgery in an emergency. It seems doctors can do no harm when they are working to help…
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What is an Inpatient Rehab Schedule Like? When people struggle with addiction, they can choose to attend rehab. Rehab, or treatment, is a place to find healing and hope in recovery. During inpatient treatment, as opposed to outpatient, many support services are provided to aid in recovery. Find out what the schedule for a typical…
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Try These 3 Ways to Honor Your Emotional Self Care Plan Self-care can be seen as a challenge for people in recovery. Emotionally, you are fragile and feeling worn out, most likely, and just want to sit back for a bit. When you are in recovery, you cannot afford to not do the work. There…
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Learn Some Tips on Healing the Inner Child to Help Your Adult Recovery Maybe you have heard a lot about this and maybe you have not. Healing the inner child is not some far out, esoteric thing that people do because it helps them see through the eyes of a child as an adult. Tapping…
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What Are Tips to Help Stay Sober This Summer? Summer is a series of long days and long nights, filled with lots of warm weather and fun with friends. At least, that’s the perception for some people. For others, it can be a struggle to stay sober when the weather is nice, people are out,…
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How Family History of Drug Abuse Can Play a Role in Addiction Families are where people learn their first steps and habits. By watching their environment, much like any animal, people learn how to behave (or not behave) in many situations. When there is dysfunction, abuse, trauma, or substance abuse, it can change the…
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How Do I Support a Loved One Through Relapse? Loved ones who struggle with addiction and mental health issues need a lot of support. Unfortunately, they don’t always get what they need. They are sometimes left to their own devices because people take advantage of them or just want to be friends but don’t realize…
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Why Isolation is Challenging in Recovery and How to Seek Support Addiction is costly to those who struggle with it, but also to loved ones who support them. In recovery, it seems like things will start looking up. There are costs to rehab and someone has to pay the bills for those, along with other…
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Why is Self-Care So Important in Recovery? Self-care is almost an anomaly to some people. They really struggle with how to navigate taking care of themselves and others. It is daunting to take care of young children, parents, much less yourself, on a daily basis. That is why it is crucial to care for yourself…
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Sobriety Comes with These Amazing Social Benefits Sobriety is not just about not using drugs or drinking alcohol. It is a mind, body, and spiritual process that takes you on a lifetime journey in recovery. If you want to feel fully restored in recovery, you need people. Community will be your best advocates against the…
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