Living With An Alcoholic Spouse
Being in a relationship or marriage with an alcoholic is challenging, frustrating, and extremely stressful. Living with someone with any type of addiction can affect all areas of your life. There will definitely be stress caused by the alcoholic or addict themselves, but a partner or spouse will also feel stress with themselves and how […]
Surviving a Rough Day
All humans have some days when it seems like nothing’s going right. Little annoyances or unwanted thoughts start piling up or being more bothersome. The recovery process can be a very emotionally vulnerable time, since it’s such a drastic rebuilding your life. For that reason, you may have a day when cravings feel stronger, difficult […]
Joyce Maynard’s New Novel “Under The Influence” Reflects Real-Life Alcohol Abuse
Joyce Maynard is a prolific writer writer and journalist, with fifteen published novels and hundreds of articles and essays. She writes in a highly personal style noted for its candor and openness, and often brings her own experiences into her works of fiction. Her latest book, Under the Influence, published in February 2016, deals honestly […]
Transforming Alienation to Connection in Recovery
Addicts must deal with a lot of different feelings that can hold them back from making a full recovery. One of the things that can be an issue for people with addictions is the sense of alienation that they experience. Addicts might view themselves as outsiders in society because they are haunted by a feeling […]
Using Acupuncture to Treat Binge Eating and Food Addiction
A disorder like binge eating can take control of a person’s health and make it difficult for them to live a normal life. People with binge eating disorder frequently consume unusually large amounts of food and feel unable to stop eating. Binge eating means more than overeating on occasion, it is a regular occurrence that […]
How Music Can Support Your Recovery Process
Addiction is a multifaceted condition, with a wide variety of possible causes and factors. Because it is something that takes over every aspect of your life so completely, recovery involves a radical transformation of rebuilding every aspect of your life and health. This is the main reason there is so much diversity in the methods […]
Bringing Supportive People into Your Life
Whatever you are facing, you are not alone. Recovery from addiction can sometimes feel like an arduous journey, and it often helps to realize that other people are facing similar things. They made it, and so can you. The encouragement of being surrounded by supportive people can give you the strength to keep going. In […]
Treating the Issues Behind the Substance Abuse
There are a variety of reasons someone may choose to experiment with using a drug recreationally or drinking an excessive amount of alcohol. Someone may be curious, or bored, or just unthinkingly following the patterns of people around them without really thinking about it. However, in many cases, people might be abusing substances specifically to […]
Pain Management That Avoids Addiction
A 2014 report by the World Health Organization found that opioid overdoses cause almost 70,000 deaths per year worldwide. While prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and Oxycontin have been tremendously helpful for many people in chronic pain, these drugs also carry tremendous danger for abuse and addiction. Living with severe chronic pain can make every […]
A Closer Look At The Myth Of Creativity Being Fueled By Addiction
Many artists, writers, and others who make a living off of their creativity are very hesitant to quit drugs or alcohol because they are afraid it will affect their ability to produce original work. This notion of drinking and drug use fueling creativity has been widespread for quite some time. The truth is that using […]