Many people see recovery as a linear upward progression of slowly getting better, one day at a time. But overcoming chemical dependency of any kind…
If you’ve watched any medical shows, you’ve probably heard the term “AMA” before. It means going against medical advice and it’s a term in real…
It’s become particularly evident lately that we live in a country which places an exaggerated value on individual choice. The mindset has reached the point…
Extended solitude changes the way your brain functions. After several months of quarantine, many recovering addicts find themselves returning to old destructive thought patterns that…
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…
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…
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…
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…
First thing’s first: let’s get rid of the notion of being “fixed.” There is no instant, easy, or permanent fix in addiction recovery. It just…