If you’re in addiction recovery, you probably have a keen awareness of the uptick in alcohol use during the holidays. It can seem as if…
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Addiction leads a person down a path of self-destruction. It produces serious consequences that destroy people’s lives. So let’s define the word addiction again. Addiction…
A few months ago, while in a group therapy session, I first heard the term lapse. Relapse is something all addicts and people in recovery…
Statistics say that more than 85 percent of people relapse after receiving treatment in the first year of their recovery. A relapse is defined as…
A relapse trigger reminds a person that it is in the recovery of their past drug use and “triggers” the craving response. Some triggers are…
Until recently, alcoholism was much more deadly than it is today. In the old times, when an alcoholic would become physically dependent on alcohol, they…
The holidays are meant to be a joyous time for people, but it can be an extremely hard time of the year especially for those…
Anxiety is the body’s natural response to stress and is a feeling of apprehension or fear over what is to come ahead. This could be…
Opioids are a class of drugs that include illegal and legally prescribed drugs. They include illegal drugs like heroin or street fentanyl and legal drug…
Losing a loved one is one of the hardest things anyone will ever go through, especially while you are in recovery. I remember when my…