Very few people expected quarantine to last as long as it has. The news came about pretty suddenly, and within the same week, states were…
Empathy, which is the capacity to share and understand emotional states of others in reference to oneself, plays a critical role in human interpersonal engagement…
Getting too caught up in one’s own head is a pretty common force of habit for people who suffer with chemical dependence. Sometimes those thoughts…
Getting treatment is hard enough during normal times. Addicts seeking recovery face so many barriers: dual diagnosis, moving through the stages of change, financial difficulties……
The American Society of Addiction Medicine is a group of over 6,000 treatment professionals who provide guidance to treatment centers for improving quality of care.…
As an essential health service, drug and alcohol rehab becomes even more necessary as many recovering addicts relapse under the stresses of isolation under quarantine.…
The mind of a recovering addict inevitably wanders to some pretty dark places. That dark path becomes steeper without the reassuring anchors of friends, the…
People in the US are facing a tough period of lockdown as we try to flatten the curve of the coronavirus. As state and county…
Knowing you’re an addict off the rails doesn’t feel great. Somehow, you’re concurrently in and out of control at the same time. While you have…
Addicts have different levels of awareness depending on their drug of choice and the stage of their addiction. They may understand that their life is…