What Are Helpful Recovery Resources Available to Us?
If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide, PLEASE call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255). When we feel alone in our addictions, it can help us tremendously to…
How Can I Start Making Healthier Choices?
When it comes to our addictions, many of us have grown so accustomed to making unhealthy, toxic, even dangerous choices in our lives that we think we may always be…
Can You Really Be Addicted to Work?
Most people are at least vaguely familiar with the concept of workaholism. Someone spends long hours at work and often brings work home, leaving little time for family, friends, or…
4 Things to Look for in a Therapist
A good therapist can make all the difference between overcoming addiction or mental illness or continuing to struggle indefinitely. Everyone wants to find a good therapist, but it’s not easy…
How to Overcome a Plateau in Addiction Recovery
The first days, weeks, and months of addiction recovery are often challenging but also exciting. Although you may be suffering from withdrawal and its lingering effects, confronting difficult emotions, and…
Do You Need Counselling if You’re on Suboxone?
Medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, is the use of FDA-approved medication combined with counseling to treat substance use disorders. MAT is most often used for opioid use disorder, but sometimes for…
How Do You Know if You Need Dual Diagnosis Treatment?
A dual diagnosis means you have another mental health issue in addition to a substance use disorder. These typically include issues like depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, personality disorders,…
Making Peace with Our Demons
The addiction recovery process requires that we take inventory of our mental and emotional health, and one of the things that causes us the most pain is our inner demons,…
3 Reasons People Fear Quitting Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines, such as Xanax, Ativan, and Valium, are among the most prescribed medications in the world. They are typically prescribed for short term relief of insomnia or anxiety. However, they…
How to Set Boundaries in Addiction Recovery
Learning to set and enforce boundaries is an important skill for people recovering from addiction. Many people with substance use disorders have problems either setting or respecting boundaries. They may…
