The friends you had before addiction might not be the same friends after your recovery. It’s important to find friends that support you and your sober…
People who begin detox treatment from drugs/alcohol want to change their lifestyle. Some of them have been through detox before, and some are detoxing for the first…
Life after recovery requires time and patience. You’re also likely to experience a lot of emotions. Some moments in life might make you feel angry, sad,…
Clinical Series Article. In response to the nationwide opioid epidemic, the FDA has approved the first-ever buprenorphine implant, Probuphine. In comparison with other available forms…
When you or your loved ones are new to recovery, empathy in recovery is generally not a strong suit. Instead, the person new to sobriety needs to…
A parent “going away” for a period of time can be frightening and confusing for any child. When it is time for you to undergo drug…
Your spouse may have quickly developed a substance abuse problem, even before they knew what was happening. You are close to them and are in…
If your son is abusing drugs, you have likely noticed many physical and behavioral changes. He is probably not the person you raised him to…
Alcohol withdrawal is often so dreaded by people who have long abused alcohol that they will put off entering a detox center to help them…
There are in-depth clinical descriptions of addiction that you can read anywhere on the web. But there’s more to the disease than the scientific definition,…