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Feeling Worthless: Dual Diagnosis Keeps Addicts Sick
Knowing you’re an addict off the rails doesn’t feel great. Somehow, you’re concurrently in and out of control at the same time. While you have the self-awareness to understand you …
Finding a Good Treatment Facility: 6 Questions You Should Ask
Looking for addiction treatment can be scary, stressful, and expensive. You know you need rehab, but you’re not sure what that really means or how to find it. On top ...
Addiction Side Effects: Why Can’t I Fall Asleep?
No one likes laying in bed for hours, feeling tired but unable to fall asleep. With each hour that passes, the frustration increases as you angrily groan, “Why can’t I ...
Why You Should Be Celebrating World Mental Health Day
Empathy and empowerment. These are things we preach about daily but still fatally struggle with, especially when considering those who suffer from mental illness and addiction. You don’t even have ...
Why Practicing Self-Care in Recovery is Critical
If you spend any time on social media, you probably feel like you know the terms “self-care” and “mindfulness” well enough now to write a book. The spawn of wellness ...
Doctor Manipulation: How an Addict Will Manipulate Psychiatrists to Get Drugs
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. …
Anhedonia: Lack of Pleasure After Quitting Heroin
When dreading the thought of getting clean, a lot of the concern centers around the painful process of detox. Opiate withdrawal in particular is so miserable that it’s earned the ...
“Clean” Addictions: Compulsive Behaviors in Recovery
Ever wondered why AA and NA meetings are full of donuts, cookies, coffee, and post-meeting chainsmokers? It’s not just a way to tempt newcomers into staying for the long haul. …
Why Did My Boyfriend Get Me into Drugs?
It’s a sad tale, and unfortunately all too common. The stage: a relatively normal, functional girl grows up in a loving and secure home. She ambles through life learning how ...