Filling out surveys seems to be one of the most common ways to determine one’s identity these days. What do you want to major in? What if you choose the wrong major? Are you trying to change career paths? How do you know which one...
September is time for celebrating the re-emergence of pumpkin spice everything, cooler weather and recovery. The Mental Health Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, designated September as National Recovery Month to bring awareness to the issue of substance abuse...
In view of the recent horrific events of the Woolsey and Paradise fires in northern and southern California, experts are saying that climate change is making California’s wildfires worse. The devastation of losing one’s home, loved ones and/or livelihood to natural disasters is becoming an...
Low self-esteem can masquerade as martyrdom and selfless service to others while neglecting your own needs and desires. In your extremely busy life, you seem to make time for everything that matters to you – substance abuse recovery, helping a friend in need, setting aside...
More people with overdoses end up in hospital ERs instead of addiction treatment centers People who need addiction treatment often end up in hospital emergency rooms where medical staff are ill-equipped to handle substance use disorders. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed emergency-department...
What is FMLA? The acronym stands for The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which enables employees to take extended time off from work to take care of personal or family needs that may include maternity or paternity leave, elder care, and substance abuse treatment. FMLA...
Whether you are a grandparent who recently gained legal custody of your grandchild or have long ago joined millions of other grandparents who are in the same boat, this article was written to give you some helpful tips while your adult children (hopefully) receive treatment...
Your coworkers are inviting you to hang out with them again after work…only this time, you are trying to actively abstain from alcohol. They never knew you were recovering from alcohol addiction. All they know is that you’re super fun to be around and that’s...
Somewhere in your heart of hearts, you know something is fundamentally wrong and you know what you should give up, but you don’t. You have spent the last however many years enjoying the intoxicating pleasures of alcohol and/or drugs, and despite the havoc, it has...
“I lit myself on fire twice while I was high and kept using,” said Scott Hudson, well known in his neighborhood for wearing a shirt that reads “Neighborhood Hope Dealer” as he walks around to persuade people to enter addiction treatment. “I lost my kid....