What is a Habit (And Why Does it Matter)?
The question of why people get addicted in general has been explored quite often – but the mechanism behind addiction is important as well. The risk factors aside, there is a distinct reason why addiction develops the way it does, and it’s important for us to explore how the brain gets hooked on drugs –…
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Drug Addiction and Community
Community is an important aspect of addiction recovery and sober living. Without community, people feel alone and may even fall back into the bad habits they’re trying to overcome. In this article, we will take a closer look at drug addiction and community. Drug Addiction and Community Addiction recovery is a tough task, but it’s…
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Should You Get a Pet While in Recovery?
Pets have shown to be a tremendous help to children growing up, teaching them about responsibility, the importance of compassion and empathy, and helping them maintain a positive attitude through emotional hardships, creating stronger adults with better self-esteem. Yet pets also continue to have psychological benefits for adults. It’s true that man’s best friend is…
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Medication Assisted Treatment as a Path to Sobriety
Medication assisted treatment has proven to be an effective path to sobriety for some people. This path may not be for everyone depending on their individual traits and addiction, so it’s important to learn more about it and work with a professional. In this article, we’re taking a closer look at medication assisted treatment as…
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The Mind of an Addict
If you or someone you love develops an addiction to drugs or alcohol, it’s important to understand how addiction changes the mind and behavior. Addiction will negatively impact just about every aspect of life. For this reason, it’s important to learn more about addiction and seek recovery sooner than later. In this article, we’re taking…
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Emotion and Addiction During Recovery
Emotions are important. Without the ability to feel emotions, life would be devoid of all meaning. There can be no hot without cold, no light without dark, no up without down. In the same way, we can’t be happy unless we can be sad. We can’t be angry unless we can feel pity. We can’t…
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May Addiction Recovery Recap – 2020
We covered a wide range of topics this past month, including everything from substance abuse and addiction to personal care and tough love in recovery. Here are a few topics we covered in May. The Link Between Depression and Addiction A dual diagnosis occurs when someone experiences a mental health condition and a substance abuse…
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Exercise and Addiction: How to Regulate Mood and Emotion
It’s no secret that dealing and struggling with addiction can lead to, well, “irritable” behavior. Addiction is a disease of the brain, and disease of behavior – it usurps and corrupts a person’s thought process, making it extremely tough to regain control. However, research shows – and has been showing for a while – that…
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Healing through Personalized Care
Your body and your mind – if one isn’t healthy, the other won’t be for long. “Holistic” medicine as it is known today tackles this challenge, taking an approach to healing that incorporates every part of a patient’s health into account. That means taking both the physical and the mental aspects of health into account…
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Chronic Pain and Addiction Recovery
Chronic pain is a debilitating health condition with many different causes. Some people experience chronic pain due to a particularly bad injury and lack of total physical recovery. In other cases, it may be nerve damage from years of exposure to a certain pollutant or environmental hazard, or the pain may simply be part of…
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