March 1st is Self Harm Awareness Day in the United States. Self-harm and self-injury can impact people of all ages and backgrounds. Self-harm occurs in 5% of US adults each year and 15% of adolescents.
New Method Wellness’s own Juanita Wells was featured and a touching and powerful video released by the Pro Football Hall of Fame Behavioral Health. New
People often view those who engage in substance abuse as lacking willpower or self-control. On the surface, lacking impulse control would seem to fit in with this description. However, impulse control is a result of brain chemistry. People who have certain types of brain chemistry are more susceptible to abusing substances or using them in the first place.
Anger is a common emotion in addiction recovery. At some point, you have to learn to deal with it and process it in a constructive way. Your anger might be directed at yourself, or at certain people, or society in general, or even at law enforcement and the legal system. The fact remains that anger is very common among those recovering from addiction. Why is it important to deal with anger in addiction recovery? The main reason is that anger is often strongly attached to the risk of relapse. If you don’t properly process your anger, you might end up turning to drugs or alcohol again to cope with it.
Relationships are one of the most intrinsic needs that humans have. If you’re in recovery from addiction, it’s very likely that you’re wondering about your relationships. Most people with addiction damage their relationships during their struggles with substance abuse. As you move from active addiction to recovery, the realization that you may have damaged several relationships starts to sink in.
Learn new ways to cope with internal and external addiction relapse triggers so that you can overcome them and avoid relapse.
Individuals in recovery face a special challenge when they feel ready to re-enter the workforce. In Strengthening Professional Identity: Challenges of the Addictions Treatment Workforce,
Getting sober has been the biggest awakening in my entire life; not because I have refrained from jell-o wrestling, frequent blackouts, and crying while watching How I Met Your Mother because I wanted friends…
Rather, I finally became a part of something bigger than myself! Having a sense of community and essentially ‘belonging’ to a community was what I longed for my entire life.
The Problem with Addiction Treatment Today A 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health reveals that among 20.2 million Americans aged 12 and older,
