Addiction

What Are Some Social Outings That Don’t Involve Alcohol for When You’re in Recovery?

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When someone has just completed residential treatment for alcoholism, they leave knowing the quality of their life depends on them maintaining the recovery they worked so hard to establish. That means doing everything possible to stay away from alcohol and drinking situations. Temptations and triggers are the enemies of someone in recovery. Most people in […]

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The History and Principles of the SMART Recovery Program

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An international non-profit organization that works to help people conquer addiction is SMART Recovery. The SMART acronym stands for Self-Management and Recovery Training. This organization’s approach is secular and based on science. It utilizes non-confrontational methods of motivation as well as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Alternative Method This organization’s method is an alternative to other twelve-step

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How Are Rehab Centers Addressing the Staggering Rate of Addiction in the LGBTQ Community?

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Addition to drugs and alcohol is one of the biggest challenges facing people in the US, and in the LGBTQ community, that challenge interacts with all the other stresses and dangers of facing community members. The higher stress levels and the rates of homelessness, family rejection, and other factors mean that LGBTQ individuals are especially

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How Can Transgender Patients Find Rehab Centers That Know How To Treat Them?

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While individuals who identify themselves as bisexual, lesbian, gay, and transgender have come a long way into getting justice and proper treatment in both social and legal settings, there are still loopholes. Today, people with sexual orientation still face significant challenges in their everyday lives. According to statistics, a significant percentage of transgender individuals, even

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How Does Alcohol Specifically Affect Your Ability to Drive?

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It is common knowledge that driving and drinking never work out well together. Many drunk or tipsy drivers commit endless traffic offenses that predispose other road users, including pedestrians, to potential danger such as accidents. Alcohol consumption, directly and indirectly, affects your overall motor skills in terms of decision making, critical thinking, response to stimuli,

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How is your support group affected by where you go to rehab?

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Support groups are one of the most valuable tools you’ll have throughout recovery. Many people partake in support groups for the rest of their lives and consider them to be one of the most important influencers of their sobriety. Support groups keep you grounded, provide structure and offer a sense of accountability. They also make

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What Are 7 Reasons That Self Care Is Essential to Physical and Mental Health?

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More and more studies are coming out about how important self-care is for a person’s overall health. Some of us spend so much time focused on work and home that we don’t take time out for ourselves. Self-care is when a person takes time out for themselves. Here are 7 ways self-care is essential to

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