Recovering addicts often reflect on what it must be like to be a “normal” person, who primarily deals with the negativity of outside stimulus like, “Oh hey, my family is …
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Poor Self-Esteem: How to Build, Not Break
Self-loathing scratches. But for those who struggle with substance abuse, the instinctual reaction to it is not natural repulsion like we’d expect against the scratches of nails on a chalkboard. …
Willpower Isn’t Enough to Stay Sober
It’s become particularly evident lately that we live in a country which places an exaggerated value on individual choice. The mindset has reached the point of, “Do what you want, ...
Flattening the COVID Mental Health Curve
One step forward, two steps back: we’ve now passed the three-month mark of widespread mandated social isolation. Unfortunately, COVID cases continue to climb as we slowly reopen the economy. So not only are businesses starting ...
What Happens to Recovery After COVID?
Extended solitude changes the way your brain functions. After several months of quarantine, many recovering addicts find themselves returning to old destructive thought patterns that they worked very hard in …
Can Recovering Addicts Be Okay with Being Alone?
Very few people expected quarantine to last as long as it has. The news came about pretty suddenly, and within the same week, states were shuttering down non-essential businesses across …
Why are Empaths Prone to Addiction?
Empathy, which is the capacity to share and understand emotional states of others in reference to oneself, plays a critical role in human interpersonal engagement and social interaction. It facilitates ...
The Downward Spiral of Isolation
Getting too caught up in one’s own head is a pretty common force of habit for people who suffer with chemical dependence. Sometimes those thoughts are centered around specific issues, …
Handling Isolation and Anxiety During Quarantine
The mind of a recovering addict inevitably wanders to some pretty dark places. That dark path becomes steeper without the reassuring anchors of friends, the fellowship, counselors, or some other ...
How to Stay Sober During Social Distancing
People in the US are facing a tough period of lockdown as we try to flatten the curve of the coronavirus. As state and county governments ban non-essential gatherings, we ...