Addiction & Recovery Blog
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Practice Self-Care to Rebuild Self-Respect
Step 1. Start with simple things.Develop a daily routine that includes personal grooming, nutrition, and exercise. Take care to bathe, brush hair and teeth, and dress in clothing that is clean, neat and…
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Addiction Recovery and Relationships
While every situation is different, the prevailing wisdom among professional addiction counselors is that men should avoid establishing new romantic or sexual relationships during their first year of recovery. Here’s why: • Substance…
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Beat Boredom to Maintain Addiction Recovery
You feel bored. You take a drink, smoke a joint, or try something new. You start to feel better; at least, you don’t have to think about the things that make you feel…
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Addiction and Anger Management – 10 Acre Ranch
Learn to anticipate the triggers that bring your anger to the fore. Then, use these strategies to keep small irritations from becoming bigger confrontations. Practice deep breathing and relaxation imagery exercises. Pause for a…
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Sobriety. It Takes a Village.
To achieve and sustain sobriety, it’s important to surrender self-pride and begin to accept help from clinicians, therapists, peers, and family. Group support is critical during drug and alcohol rehab and will continue…
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Cause and Effect: Binge Drinking and Diabetes
In fact, an estimated 69 percent of binge drinking occurs in those over the age of 26. Once thought of as harmless fun with friends, we now know that binge drinking at least…
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Intervention Isn’t a 4-Letter Word
behaviors, and commit themselves to the self-care they may have been neglecting. During intervention preparation, family members also decide on the consequences of an addict’s actions should they decide not to pursue rehab.…
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Fuzzy Thinking: It’s Just a Phase in Addiction Recovery
serious changes in your physical and mental condition. During recovery, your body goes through a type of reset. Your memory loss, muddled thinking, and inability to concentrate are probably the result of one…
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Is It Just Overeating or Is It Food Addiction?
sweet desserts, over-stimulate the body’s reward mechanisms, resulting in cravings and compulsive eating. Often confused with hunger, cravings are actually the body’s need to keep dopamine production going. It’s a vicious cycle: To…
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The Truth About Drinking & the Gym
You wouldn’t think about taking a six-pack of beer to the gym when you train, but you might not give a second thought to partying the night before or after your workout. Unfortunately,…
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