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Healing Together: Why Support Systems are Fundamental
Watching someone you love suffer from addiction can be heart-wrenching. You likely felt pain, anger, frustration, and resentment as you took on more than you could handle. At some point, you and your…
How to Keep Strong Connections Despite Social Distancing
To paraphrase an old adage, you never really miss something until it's gone. Before the initial wave of the global pandemic hit the U.S. in March 2020, access to work, school, friends and neighbors, a…
6 Ways to Reconnect Spiritually
Addiction can destroy us physically, mentally, and spiritually. During your darkest times, you might have felt a lack of purpose, loneliness, self-loathing, and out of control. It can be hard to find…
How Codependency Enables Addiction
Seeing someone you care about struggle with substance use can be extremely difficult. You might feel helpless and scared. Their addiction may be affecting you personally, whether it's financially, phy…
Asking for Help in Recovery
When you received treatment at a facility for your addiction, you asked for help and it changed your life. You came to terms with the fact that you needed help. Whether it was your friends and family…
You Can't Manipulate Someone into Being Sober
Addiction is a destructive behavior that you can't manipulate. Even though you love the person who has an addiction, manipulation is not the answer. Those who are close to someone who has an addiction…
The Difference Between Tolerance, Dependence & Addiction
Human nature and substance abuse can be hard to understand, especially the difference between tolerance, dependence, and addiction. Misconceptions of tolerance, dependence, and addiction run rampant t…
Setting Boundaries in Early Recovery
Re-entering the world in early recovery can be a huge challenge. You're going to encounter loved ones and friends who will have a lot of opinions about how you should live your new life. Some "friends…
How can physical activity help substance abusers stay sober?
Exercise and other forms. Can physical activity help you stay sober? We asked few fitness aficionados about how exercise can improve your health. Read on. of physical activity get your heart pumping a…
How Gender Roles Impact Recovery
Many studies have explored the differences between men and women when it comes to addiction and recovery. Indeed, there are many factors that impact men and women differently. From biology to body fat…
Drug Abuse and Its Impact on Memory Loss
Substance use alters the brain completely. From rewiring reward systems to exacerbating the symptoms of mental health disorders, substance abuse can cause long-term damaging effects. What some might n…
Beauty for Ashes: An Addict's Perspective on Jesus Christ
This Easter, the majority of the Christian world will commemorate the agonizing crucifixion and glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. Jesus carried out this act of supreme sa…
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