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10 Tips to Stop Drinking

Now that 2021 has come, it is a perfect time to begin setting goals for the year and working to achieve...

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Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Addiction

Updated on 01/17/23 When starting any treatment program, the first major step to a sober life may be detoxification. To successfully...

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How to Beat Addiction

Addiction is defined as “a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior or activity having harmful physical,...

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The Best Gifts for Individuals in Recovery

The holiday season is approaching, and along with it comes great pressures of gift-giving for our closest friends and family. It...

Celebrating the Holidays While Sober

Celebrating the holidays while sober can be challenging for a variety of reasons. There tends to be many triggers, a dooms-day...

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Supporting vs. Enabling: What’s the Difference?

When you find out a family member you love is struggling with a drug or alcohol addiction, several emotions may race...

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How to Find Happiness in Recovery

Rehab teaches those who have struggled with addiction to overcome it and find happiness in recovery. Happiness is defined differently by...

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The Importance of a Structured Daily Routine in Recovery

Leaving a treatment facility can be a time of excitement, overwhelming emotions and curiosity about the future. It can also be...

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How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Helps Addiction

Beginning in the late 1980s, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has been used to treat individuals with mental illness and substance abuse...

COVID19, Stress & Relapse

Who knew we would be talking about Corona in such a derogatory fashion?   Possibly, for the rest of our lives, we...