What is a relapse prevention plan? It is a strategy developed to help individuals prevent a return to substance abuse or addiction after completing treatment.…
While completing an accredited treatment program is an essential first step in getting clean and sober, it’s only one part of the continuum of care.…
Community-driven support after treatment is a crucial element in recovery for addiction program participants. Healing, a process, does not end after the treatment is complete.…
Symbols, or visual marks and signs, are essential to daily life. In many cases, they have a strictly functional purpose and mean the same thing…
Denial can have a strong pull, especially when struggling with addiction. You may make up excuses for your behavior or try to convince yourself and…
Formal alcohol addiction treatment is the core of essentially all expert-backed plans for alcoholism recovery. However, these plans often include another beneficial component: enrollment in…
It’s a heart-wrenching experience to watch someone you care about suffer from addiction. Yet, there’s hope in this dire situation – an addiction intervention can…
Most people who encounter addiction at some point grew up in a home with unwritten rules like “don’t talk, don’t feel, don’t trust.” These early…
Mental health conditions and addiction tend to go hand-in-hand. Sometimes, people begin using substances to numb their emotions and other symptoms of a mood disorder.…
In the spring of 2012, I attended a meeting in which the topic was gratitude. I was not sober at the time, nor engaged in…