Addiction & Recovery Blog
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How to Cope with the Loss of a Loved One During Recovery from Addiction
Understanding that the grieving process is an important part of recovery is a good start. While a person recovers from an addiction, intense changes are taking place in the mind and body. Changes…
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A Brief History of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Treatment
In America the first instances of any substance abuse treatment were in the Native Americans’ ‘sobriety circles’. The European settlers of the 1600’s had brought alcoholic beverages to the Americas and soon they…
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The 2018 Opioid Bill
this problem. Allowing Medicaid to help fund up to 30 days of inpatient rehab stays, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is going to help a lot of people get the help they desperately need.…
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Why Do I Keep Relapsing? 5 Ways To Become Stronger
recent relapse into substance use. This is a better, more productive attitude to have that in the long run will help you or your loved one keep striving to maintain their sobriety. “Treatment…
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Getting Sleep While Going Through Withdrawals
Try these first, as medications of any kind for sleep, usually have their own set of problems. Good Sleep Is Crucial To Long-Term Recovery Establishing good sleep habits — as difficult as that…
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What is Treatment?
Real Life. Real Talk. Arthur: Ummm hello, my name is Arthur and I’m calling because I need treatment. Tony: Hello Arthur, my name is Tony and I’d be happy to help. Okay Arthur,…
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Addiction: Disease or Decision?
What Makes It A Disease? Dr. Kevin McCauley, who is also a recovering addict, offers this definition of addiction: “Addiction is a genetic and stress-induced defect in the midbrain and prefrontal cortex dopamine/glutamine…
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Recovery: Setting Goals for 2018
make choices and hopefully our decisions today are conducive to addiction recovery. Your life today consists of doing the next right thing, which you accomplish by being open and honest with not only…
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Smart Resolutions for the New Year
Do: Resolve to “eat two pieces of fruit per day and a salad before dinner.”Why it works: This works in two ways: For one, it’s easier to focus on one or two things than…
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Recovery Support This Christmas
react to such feelings in unhealthy ways. The program teaches us to live one day at a time, staying present is vital to the goal of lasting recovery. If we are having a…
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