Signs of Being an Alcoholic
There's a thin line between social drinking, alcohol abuse and alcoholism, writes DeAnna Jordan in the U.S. News and World [...]
How Video Chat Helps Addicts Seek Treatment
Drug addiction doesn't care where it strikes. It might hit someone in a major metropolitan area with access to a [...]
Addiction Education: Does Suboxone lead to Recovery?
Addiction can sometimes be a tricky thing to treat. Medication is often prescribed to assist an addict going through withdrawal [...]
Lasting Friendship: Sober Companions Post-Treatment
Another process just as important as the in-patient recovery period is post-treatment. This is when the patient moves on and [...]
Lessons from Sober Coaching: A Hope for the Future
What we hope for makes a big difference as to how we live our lives and especially for how we [...]
Addiction Education: Top 5 Prescription Drugs that could be Addictive
There are plenty of professional aids for assisting one’s recovery. One of those aids is prescribed medication, mostly to help [...]
Why is Addiction a Disease?
Addiction was for the longest time seen as a moral choice. People looked down upon those who were “addicts” as [...]
Sober Living: Returning to School Post Recovery
For those of us returning to our lives after in-patient treatment, some environments can seem daunting to return to. School [...]
Making Sense of Guilt
The “G” word. The thing that always accompanies addiction at one point or another. Guilt is the dreaded reminder of what [...]
Avoiding Relapse with your Friends
Addiction is a battle fought often in the subtle aspects of life. When readjusting to your life post-treatment, you have to [...]
Avoiding Addiction to Prescription Mediation
Addiction comes in many forms, and sometimes those forms can result from trying to medicate your original addiction. When someone [...]
Encouraging Recovery through Public Speaking
Public speaking in recovery There are two types of public speakers. Some know what their talking about and how to [...]
How to Support Someone going into Recovery
Imagine how tough it is to deal with addiction on your own. You want to get better, but often you [...]
Addiction Counselors: The Mentors You’ve Been Looking for
Addiction is often a solitary war within us. We often give up the fight because there isn’t anyone who can [...]
Avoiding Temptation: Advice for Sober Living
Whether it is a mental or physical addiction, temptation is always haunting our minds on the road to sobriety. Although [...]
