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How to Have a Fun Sober Summer and Resist Temptation

Shannon Brutsche 07/10/2019 Alcoholism, Culture, Recovery Leave a Comment

A quick glimpse at the season’s commercials, billboards, or even your Instagram feed could tell you that summer and alcohol apparently go hand-in-hand. Whether it be the appeal of a ...

Doctor Manipulation: How an Addict Will Manipulate Psychiatrists to Get Drugs

Shannon Brutsche 07/05/2019 Addiction, Drug Addiction, For Loved Ones, Health and Wellness Leave a Comment

If you’ve known someone who has struggled with addiction, chances are you’re all too familiar with the fact that addicts manipulate. Manipulation accompanies the struggle, no ifs, ands, or buts. …

Is Lyrica (Schedule V Drug) Addictive?

Jamie Strassenburg 06/04/2019 Addiction, Drug Addiction, Health and Wellness Leave a Comment

There is a misconception that rehabs are filled with people who abuse “street drugs” like heroin and meth. But in reality, many people who seek help at treatment programs find …

Going to Treatment as a Couple is a Bad Idea

Jamie Strassenburg 05/22/2019 Addiction, Detox, For Loved Ones, Recovery, Residential Leave a Comment

Loving someone who suffers with an active addiction is hard enough—but when you’re suffering along with that person, everything becomes more complicated. You’re painfully familiar with the demon that holds ...

How Many Times Will Insurance Cover Treatment?

Jamie Strassenburg 05/02/2019 Addiction, Detox, Recovery, Relapse, Residential Leave a Comment

Relapse happens. These missteps are just a simple fact for many people in recovery. And for full blown relapses when you’ve either hit rock bottom again or are quickly headed ...

420 Isn’t an Excuse to Relapse

Jamie Strassenburg 04/19/2019 Addiction, Drug Addiction, Featured, Relapse Leave a Comment

Addicts in recovery, although they may have been clean for months or years, retain some level of awareness of the “addict brain.” This is the part of your head that ...

Dealing with Roommates in Sober Living

Jamie Strassenburg 03/29/2019 Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Recovery Leave a Comment

A lot of buzz surrounds the “difficulty” of going to rehab. Detoxing sucks, residential gets deep into intense problems… but it’s the wake of these stages that most people in ...

Why Fentanyl Causes So Many Overdoses

New Start Recovery 03/13/2019 Addiction, Drug Addiction Leave a Comment

You’ve probably heard about fentanyl, the pharmaceutical-grade opiate that has caused a spike in overdose deaths recently. The actual numbers should sound alarm bells: OD fatalities that involve fentanyl increased ...

Getting a Job with a Felony Drug Charge

Jamie Strassenburg 02/26/2019 Drug Addiction, Featured, For Loved Ones, Recovery Leave a Comment

You would think that once you get clean and finish treatment, it would just be a matter of willpower to get your life going again on the outside. After all, ...

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