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 ...
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 ...
Why Should You Watch Out for Multiple Addictions While in Recovery?
Why Should You Watch Out for Multiple Addictions While in Recovery? Recovering from addiction isn’t easy, and one of the biggest challenges facing recovering addicts is relapse. For people with mult ...
Addiction Recovery: 5 Ways to Set Yourself Up for Success
Addiction Recovery: 5 Ways to Set Yourself Up for Success All the willpower in the world will do little for you when it comes to addiction recovery. Addiction is a disease that is causing you to crav ...
Drugs Don’t Love You: 5 Signs It’s Time to Break Away
Drugs Don’t Love You: 5 Signs It’s Time to Break Away “Oh, I could quit any time, if I wanted to. I just don’t want to.” How many times have you heard this from a friend or loved one with a drug prob ...
Alcohol Addiction: How to Cope with Your Partner’s Drinking Problem
Alcohol Addiction: How to Cope with Your Partner’s Drinking Problem When your partner has a drinking problem, he or she’s not the only one with a problem. You have one too, and it’s probably not goin ...
Who is an addict?
“How do I know that I am an addict?” Over the course of a week, I hear this question at least 15 times. It is a very valid question. In the recovery community, there is a saying, “if you have to as ...
Planning for the Firsts: Holiday Season
There are many firsts in recovery. There is the first sporting event without alcohol. There is the first date without alcohol. There is the first holiday season without using. Facing a social situatio ...
Recovery and ‘Tis the Season
At this time of year, commercials, advertisements, and social network feeds are filled with images of happy families, friends, and celebrations for the holiday season. This can be a very difficult t ...
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 ...