After you go through treatment for addiction, you might think you're free and clear in terms of recovery. However, addiction recovery can be a long process, even after formal treatment. Your therapists and treatment staff probably told you about how common relapse is during recovery....
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...
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...
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What is a stigma? The dictionary definition of a stigma is a mark of disgrace. That's what the stigma of addiction is in society today. People often view addiction as a shameful thing that shouldn't be talked about. It's seen as a lack of self-control...
Family involvement in substance abuse treatment is often very underrated. Despite becoming a strong and pervasive theme in many types of health treatment, it's not often utilized to its full potential in substance abuse treatment....
The best mental health and addiction treatment facilities understand the difference between mental and emotional health. Think of mental health like a vast ocean. Within that vast ocean are waves. Emotional health is like the waves. Mental health is more about absorbing all the data...
A lot of people have the mistaken assumption that addiction treatment is mainly about detox. They may think that once they’ve gone through detox and removed the tolerance of drugs or alcohol from their body, they will quickly recover. However, detox only removes the physical...
Addiction recovery isn't easy. It's often a very long and dusty road. But, these days there are so many more ways to facilitate recovery beyond talk therapy and the 12-Step Program. Holistic addiction treatment is becoming even more common and popular alongside traditional methods. One...
Do you know someone recovering from addiction? It's very likely that you do. They may be in your family, a friend or a co-worker. According to a survey done in 2016, one in 10 Americans older than 12 engaged in illicit substance use in the...