Addiction takes over the life of the person struggling with the addiction, and everyone around them feels it as well. Addiction can turn friends into enemies, co-workers into competitors, and family members into enablers. It’s easy to forget that it’s not your fault someone else has an addiction, but if you want to help them […]
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By now you’ve probably seen the statistics about the link between mental illness and addiction, and it can be disheartening to learn that so many people in both categories are dealing with both at the same time. For those dealing with either of these conditions, it can feel like there’s no way out, and that […]
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You’ve decided to get help with your drug or alcohol addiction, and you may be wondering what to expect from rehab. First of all, you can relax—rehab isn’t torture! There are many different types of rehab programs that offer different approaches to overcoming your addiction, and most offer counseling and therapy to help you on […]
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Many times we can’t see our mistake in things, our fault in things, we tend to blame others for what is happening to us, but often times, in reality, we are the source of our own problems. The same is the way with drug addicts, they do not know what they are doing, if they […]
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Relapse is when someone uses a substance after a period of staying away from it. This is a very common setback for those recovering from an addiction. Most people who are recovering will relapse more than once in their lifetimes. Staying sober will take a lot of time, practice, and commitment – and relapsing does […]
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