How to Practice Patience in Addiction Recovery
How to Practice Patience During Addiction Recovery Patience is a virtue. The age-old mantra is vague and may be seemingly useless, but when it comes to recovery from addiction, this motto is pure gold. The path of addiction recovery is often a long one, so it’s...
Benefits of Music Therapy in Recovery
Benefits of Music Therapy in Recovery Music is a universal language that can help calm down or regulate emotions. When it comes to addiction recovery, it can play a crucial role as a form of therapy. What are the benefits of music therapy in substance abuse treatment?...
Drug Abuse Prevention Tips
Drug Abuse Prevention Tips The risk of drug use significantly increases during transition times. For a teenager, these risky times include changing schools, parents’ divorce, or changing residences. Even changes in the body. For adults, these risky times include job...
Holistic Therapies for Addiction Recovery
Holistic Therapies for Addiction Recovery Drug addiction can have a significant effect on the whole person – body, mind, and spirit. While undergoing treatment for drug or alcohol abuse, it is also important to address the needs of your entire self to ensure that you...
Yoga for Addiction Recovery
Understanding Yoga for Addiction Recovery Drug and alcohol abuse are major health problems in America. In fact, they are the leading causes of the general deterioration of health, socioeconomic issues, and increased health care expenses. Various approaches are used to...
Mental Health and Poverty
Understanding Mental Health and Poverty Mental health conditions in the United States affect a significant number of people and are especially found among those individuals with low incomes. Mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety...
Alcohol and Anxiety
Anxious for Relief: The Connection between Alcohol and Anxiety We've all heard a friend or family member say that they're going to drink a beer or a glass of wine to relax. You might have even turned to alcohol to calm your nerves or to help cope with a situation that...
Why Do People Take Drugs
Why Do People Take Drugs? For Some Drug Use is Baffling The cost of substance abuse weighs heavily on the nation as it has to pay $740 billion annually to defray expenses related to health care, crime, and loss of work productivity. Substance abuse also causes a...
Mental Health Awareness Days
Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Days Stigma around mental illness is incredibly damaging to those who are affected and looking for support. Because more science and treatments have emerged to help us understand mental health, the stigma decreases as we learn new...
Depression and Addiction: The Dad Effect
Depression and Addiction : Understanding the Connection Depression is much more common than many people think. In fact, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America , there are 16.1 million adults who have a major depressive disorder. It is important...