Having a loved one, be it a family member or friend, struggling with an addiction can be hard in more ways than one. It can leave you feeling confused, especially if you don’t understand how or why the addiction started. You can feel helpless, not knowing what to do for your spouse, sibling or friend. Read more about Learning to Listen, Be Supportive and Avoid Enabling[…]
Throughout your journey to sobriety, you have likely thought about where you would like to work once you complete your treatment and are ready to commit to a career. It is also entirely normal to want a fresh start in a new career rather than returning to a job you held prior to becoming sober. Read more about 7 Careers to Consider After You Get Sober[…]
Whether you have casually used marijuana or know someone who regularly partakes, the question has probably crossed your mind: is marijuana addictive? What is marijuana? Marijuana is made up of the dried flowers, fruits, leaves and stems of the Cannabis plant. Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that has both medicinal and recreational uses, in which Read more about Understanding Marijuana and the Dependence It Can Cause[…]
Do I need a counselor? Yes? No? On the fence? We could all give ourselves a long list of reasons not to talk to a counselor, and some of them might feel like legitimate reasons to avoid it. When we really try to justify that we don’t need help, our own mental blocks can be Read more about Why Do I Need to Talk to A Counselor?[…]
If you’ve ever dived into research about methods on raising kids, odds are you’ve come across tens of thousands of articles with tips, tricks and suggestions. While sifting through these opinions, testing them out here and there, you’ve probably discovered that what might work with one child doesn’t work with another. Personality differences in your Read more about Raising Mentally Healthy Children[…]
It’s a no brainer that stress affects us – body, mind and soul. Most people know the side effects of stress simply by experiencing them. You don’t have to be a doctor to know that stress impacts your mood, your sleep or your diet. Stress is the state of strain we experience in reaction to Read more about 6 Overlooked Side Effects of Stress[…]
When someone struggling with a mental disorder also deals with substance use habits, or vice versa, the resulting circumstance is known as dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis is highly common in situations of drug/alcohol abuse, compounded by mental disorders, for a number of reasons. In fact, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimates that Read more about Understanding the Connection Between Mental Disorders and Substance Use[…]
One of the biggest myths when it comes to any struggle, issue or life challenge is the mistaken belief that we’re better off on our own. Here’s the truth: no matter your situation, the support of encouraging friends, family members and peers make problems easier to handle. Victories are sweeter when you can share them Read more about 5 tips to follow when forming a family support group[…]
Your immune system is a functioning miracle. Tasked with protecting your entire body – inside and out – from compromising forces, your immune system needs to be on the lookout for invaders like bacteria, toxins, foreign pathogens, unfamiliar allergens, viruses and more. And it performs its job so well that most of the time, you’re Read more about How Stress Could be Affecting Your Immune System[…]
Stress is a tricky thing. It seems to arise at the worst possible time, compromising productivity and undermining self-worth in the process. It can then disappear for hours, days, even weeks at a time, before reappearing and leaving a similarly destructive wake. Stress is hardly a new issue, but it has gained increased attention in Read more about The Best Natural Remedies to Help you Combat Stress[…]