Unhealthy Habits: How to Recognize When They Prevent You From Being You
Unhealthy Habits: How to Recognize When They Prevent You From Being You Unhealthy habits come in a wide variety. Some habits, such as biting your nails, may not seem as detrimental as lying or an ...
Knowing the Root Cause of Your Addiction
Knowing the Root Cause of Your Addiction When focusing on making changes to addictive patterns of behavior, the behavior itself tends to take center stage. Whether it's compulsive sexual behavior, al ...
The Underdiagnosis of Substance Use Disorders in Young People
The Underdiagnosis of Substance Use Disorders in Young People What are Substance Use Disorders? Most of us are familiar with the term “substance abuse,” or “addiction,” to refer to someone who has ...
What is Post Induction Therapy and How Can It Help?
What is Post Induction Therapy and How Can It Help? Post Induction Therapy is a type of trauma therapy that was created to help people with developmental traumas that comes from abuse and neglect. ...
How can Substance Abuse Lead to Relationship Problems?
How can Substance Abuse Lead to Relationship Problems? Are drugs coming between you and your loved one? How did this happen and what does it mean? Maybe you knew he or she was an occasional recrea ...
Early Recovery: “…growing up in public.”
Recovery from active addiction involves much more than simple abstinence from drugs. There is common phrase among addiction professionals and those advocates in the recovery community that addiction i ...
Rescuing the Rescuer
The rescuer is one who tries to save, prevent, protect, or mold. This role has good intentions, which can make it difficult for you to identify when this is a role that you are taking on. It can seem ...
Scraping the Surface of Denial
Denial is often misunderstood when working through an addiction . On the surface, breaking through denial is as simple as recognizing that you have a problem. We always hear that you have to admit to ...
12-Step Support vs. Therapy
There is often confusion for people who are dealing with an addiction of whether or not they should participate in a 12-step support group, or if they should participate in therapy. Both have their po ...
Relationship Recovery From The Ground Up
For those who are in recovery, managing intimate relationships can be very difficult. A loss of trust, codependency, and poor communication can take their toll in relationship recovery. If you are in ...