We want to talk about alcohol and its effect on our health, lives, and relationships. Undoubtedly, most people are aware that alcohol can cause stress and conflict in relationships. However, the general public may not understand the extent. Often, being close to alcoholics can change the relationship dynamic, and it’s essential to know how that…
This year’s campaign: Get your YOU back Have you been stuck on pause? Many of us feel that way. Things have been a little unpredictable, meaning many of us have been in limbo, not knowing what to do next. No more stop-starting. Let’s press go! Here’s a journey we can take to a new destination. That’s where…
Does Relapse Mean Your Treatment Has Failed? Many addicts have asked themselves, does relapse mean my treatment failed? The fact is, just because you relapsed doesn’t mean your treatment failed. For some addicts, it’s just part of their recovery process. As addicts, we are constantly looking for what works for us, and each addict’s treatment…
It’s prohibitively difficult to access mental-health services in rural America. That’s because, relative to urban areas, rural counties have so few mental-health professionals. The majority of nonmetropolitan counties in the U.S. don’t have a psychiatrist, and almost half lack a psychologist. The paucity has resulted in a public-health crisis—rural Americans suffering from a psychiatric condition…
How to Quit Vaping Many people start vaping in order to quit smoking. While it might help you trade one habit for another, you may still be doing damage to your body with vaping. In order to understand how vaping effects the body we have to turn to the scientific research that has been done…
Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve step programs sometimes get a bad rap from people in recovery, so much so that many centers and organizations have come up with alternatives to the twelve steps. It isn’t so much that the steps are or the program of recovery is drastically different than when the original members created…
Many of us have our cell phones with us all day long, some of us sit in front of computers all day, and all of us interact with technology regularly. We can get distracted by all of the digital activity going on, but we can also use technology to our advantage in recovery. From mobile…