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Why Pain, Panic, and Anxiety Are Closely Tied to Addiction?

Some of the common side effects of withdrawal include pain, panic attacks, and anxiety. They form the most difficult parts of dealing with withdrawal, and most substance abusers start abusing alcohol and drugs to get rid of them.

10 Questions to Ask Before Entering Rehab

Congratulations on making the difficult decision to step back from everyday life for a bit to focus on self-care by entering a rehabilitation facility. Prepare yourself for rehab before you pack your things by asking yourself these 10 questions.

7 Signs of A Functional Alcoholic

Alcohol abuse is a destructive force that can have lasting effects on people of all ages. Not only can it ruin lives, but it also poses serious health risks.

How Healthy Eating and Exercise Help with Addiction Recovery

While going through the addiction treatment process, clients are given opportunities to learn about things they don't already know.

5 Tips To Manage Stress While Sustaining Sobriety

Stress is hard on anyone experiencing it. However, dealing with stress and, at the same time, trying to recover from an addiction is a challenging experience.

September Is National Recovery Month

Practicing mindfulness throughout the recovery process and beyond

Mindfulness helps you to be mentally aware of your surrounding and be present in the moment. It means acknowledging and accepting your feelings, thoughts, and physical sensations. It involves learning and nurturing cognitive and behavioral skills. Practicing mindfulness can help to achieve internal peace and teach gratitude.

Setting boundaries with your friends and family while you're in recovery

After doing all the necessary hard work during treatment for your addiction issues, there will come a time when you have to leave rehab. With your recovery underway, it will be your responsibility to protect your recovery and avoid relapses by any means necessary. Of course, that will not always be an easy thing for you to do. There are many ways you can trip and fall but only one way to stay sober, don't drink or use drugs.

Coming to Terms with Addiction and Learning Healthy Coping Habits

Addiction can arise from various things, including external pressures, stressful situations, trauma, and many more.

What does it mean to have an addictive personality?

When someone has an addiction issue related to drugs or alcohol, they often want to know what is serving as the source of that addiction. It's like they are looking for an explanation to a question they don't know how to ask.

The Amazing Health Benefits of Getting Clean from Drugs and Alcohol

Abusing drugs and excessive alcohol use can cause you to withdraw from social activities or hobbies you once loved. Getting clean will give you time to rediscover those passions and lead a new and exciting sober life.

From just casual to a problem: the progression of addiction

There are people who end up in rehab without fully understanding how they got there. One day, they took a drink or a pill, and weeks, months, or even years later, they find themselves in a detox program, getting ready to start therapy. It's a big leap from the first exposure to drugs or alcohol on the way to full-blown addiction.

Preparing yourself for rehab - don't worry we don't bite

One of the biggest obstacles you might face as an addiction sufferer is being in denial about your addictive behavior. While your pretending everything is okay, the reality might be quite different as the people around you can see. We hope you can finally come to grips with what's going on so you can get the help you need.

10 Sober Activities - Yes You Can Do These without Alcohol

Many sober people return to the bottle in moments of boredom, causing them to take a step back in their progress.

Helping a loved one that has struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol

It isn’t always easy asking for help. It can be even harder getting the right help we truly need, especially when we need it most.

Staying Sober in The Toughest of Times

Even though the desire might feel overwhelming, it is possible to stay sober during tough times.

Famous Quotes About Sobriety and Finding Addiction Help

Use these famous quotes about sobriety and finding addiction help to get you where you want to be in your recovery.

Fellowship - Having support in a community committed to you

In a drug and alcohol rehab environment, people who don't use drugs or abuse alcohol are often referred to as “normies.“ The fact rehab clients would use such a term indicates they are aware of the distinction between those who abuse drugs/alcohol (themselves) and those who don't. In a roundabout kind of way, that creates kind of a fellowship among clients. In a lot of ways, that is a good thing both during the treatment process and after treatment has concluded.

You can learn to love yourself again

One of the hardest parts of confronting your addiction is looking yourself in the mirror when you become sober. You can see the pain you've caused other people and feel the guilt of your actions and selfishness more clearly than ever before. The guilt can weigh on you heavily to the point that it exasperates any preexisting depression and anxiety. It may even become debilitating or increase the desire to relapse. In order to move forward with your life and your recovery in the best way, you need to learn how to forgive yourself and love yourself again as part of the healing process.

Believe us - we've been there, and we'll get better together

The road one travels when living in the cycle of drug or alcohol addiction tends to be very lonely. Either the substance abuser has shut themselves down from meaningful relationships, or family and friends have decided to keep their distance. Either way, the substance abuser tends to find themselves on the outside of life looking in.

Second chances: Take it from us - you can bounce back from this

About 20% of people who struggle with mental illness develop an addiction problem. When the drugs and alcohol are gone, the mental illness is still there. It can make things very difficult for someone who is trying their best to change their life for the better. Unfortunately, the internal pain can even lead someone to hate themselves or turn back to substances to numb the pain. However, we know that second chances really do exist. No matter what you have done during the lowest point of your addiction or how bad you feel about yourself, you can bounce back from this. It just may take some time and a little help from the professionals.

Knowing when it's time to find addiction help

Denial is the cloak that drug addicts hide behind when in the throes of their substance abuse. They cant justify their addictive behaviors if they believe those behaviors are wrong or harmful. It's simply a matter of human nature that we protect ourselves from the bad things in life by denying they even exist.