If you’ve spent any prolonged amount of time in the recovery community, you’ve probably arrived here with a bias either for or against harm reduction. Maybe you vehemently fight against …
If Demi Lovato Can Admit to Relapse, So Can You
Singing the blues is a time-honored artistic tradition. Blues singers often approach the task with a cryptic veil that allows them to channel the idea of sadness or guilt without ...
Backslide vs. Relapse: Is There a Difference?
Recovery presents joy and challenge in competing measures. This battle to regain control of one’s life does not have one linear path. Rather, it’s a series of twisting, convoluted choices ...
Why Do Addicts End Up in Hotels?
We’re all familiar with the trope. After days or weeks on a bender, an addict will find themselves holed up in a hotel with bottles, spoons, and whatever else strewn …
Prepping Your Social Life for Relapse Prevention
Rehab teaches some pretty great therapeutic tools for recovery. It helps address deep issues like coping mechanisms and crisis planning. But the logistics of preventing relapse in the Information Age ...
Is it Okay to Smoke Weed in Recovery?
Thanks to Prop 64 that passed in 2016, it’s now legal to buy and use pot in California (federal law is another story). The Adult Use of Marijuana Act continues …
5 Reasons Alcoholics Choose Self-Sabotage
“Choice” presents a tricky concept for alcoholics. If alcoholism is a disease (as it’s recognized in the DSM V), can people who suffer be held accountable for their actions? Absolutely! ...
Going Back to Treatment After Relapse
For most of us, relapse feels like a brick to the back of the head. We wake up the next morning feeling wracked with guilt. It stings like failure. That …
Gabapentin Declared Narcotic (Schedule V)
For the last few years, the non-opioid medication Gabapentin (branded as Neurontin and predecessor to schedule V drug Lyrica) has skyrocketed in opioid overdose toxicology reports. Gabapentin’s direct role in …
Precipitated Withdrawal: Avoiding Dope Sickness
Dope sick. The intense fear of this all-consuming affliction drives many users to continue seeking out their opiate of choice long past that initial desire to quit. Many describe the ...