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Common Pitfalls to Avoid While Supporting an Addict
Anyone who loves an addict knows supporting them can be a tricky thing at times. There's a fine line between helping and hindering when it comes to addiction, and it can be difficult to know which sid…
Drug Addiction Myths
Addiction recovery is a difficult, life-changing process and addicts need all the support they can get as they work to heal themselves. Unfortunately, many of the myths that surround drug use and addi…
Removing Blame for Recovery
There are many stumbling blocks on the road to recovery that need to be addressed. One of these roadblocks is blame. Blame is placing fault or responsibility for a problem on a person or a circumstanc…
Aftercare – Continuing Patterns of Rehabilitation and Support
The weeks immediately following your discharge from a residential drug rehabilitation program are crucial to your long term success. This is the time when you will put your new sobriety skills to the…
Keys to Rehab Success
Entering a drug rehabilitation program is a big step and it takes a lot of courage to make the leap. With all of the time, resources, emotion, and effort that will be invested in rehab, you want to ma…
Healing Family Systems After Recovery
Addiction recovery is not only a life changing event for an addict, it's one that affects their whole family. Family members who are going to be supporting a recovering addict need to understand that…
Overcoming Toxic Shame for Recovery Success
Shame and guilt are two similar emotions, but they are not exactly the same. Guilt is when a person feels badly about something they have done, while shame is where a person feels that they are inhere…
Spice Overview
Spice is a very popular drug among teenagers and is used more often than any other drug except marijuana. Spice is actually a group of drugs that are meant give the same experience as marijuana. It is…
Experiential Therapy: A New Life Pattern
Experiential therapy is a term that refers to a group of different types of therapy in which the patient uses various activities as a catalyst for working through suppressed emotions or subconscious i…
12 Steps to Recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous and their 12 step program originated back in the 1930s with Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith. Since its beginning, the 12 step program has been used to help people suffering from all…
Spice Effects and Risks
Spice, also known as synthetic marijuana, is marketed as a "natural," legal alternative to marijuana. But the reality is that many brands of spice are illegal and even the legal brands carry serious h…
Marijuana Effects, Risks and Medicinal Uses
Marijuana has been in the national spotlight lately as news about its medicinal uses spreads. Colorado and other states have legalized or are in the process of legalizing the drug. Because of this, ma…
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