Category Archives: Addiction

How Do I Help an Addicted Loved One Who Doesn’t Want My Help?

How Do I Help an Addicted Loved One Who Doesn’t Want My Help?

Walking on eggshells can become the norm when you are around a loved one who has become addicted to drugs and alcohol. You know that they need help, or they could be put in jail, committed to an institution, or worse, die from the insidiousness caused by their drinking and using. Since you are so […]

Why Being Sober Doesn’t Have to be Scary on Halloween

Why Being Sober Doesn’t Have to be Scary on Halloween

Every year at the end of October, parties galore can be found to celebrate Halloween. There is something about being able to dress up as your favorite character and let them become your alter ego. For those who can drink and use, Halloween is a great time to get drunk and high especially when you […]

What You Need to Know about Mushrooms

What You Need to Know about Mushrooms

One of the recent trends that have become prevalent again is the use of mushrooms. Not the kind of mushrooms that you sauté up into a delicious meal. The kind of mushrooms that are psychedelic in nature to make a person “trip”. Mushrooms of this variety have gone in and out of popularity due to […]

What Do My Drinking and Using Dreams Even Mean?

What Do My Drinking and Using Dreams Even Mean?

Once you got sober, you may have started remembering your dreams more vividly. Waking up after falling asleep naturally, rather than passing out, could make it easier for you to recall something in your dreams that could be really amazing such as flying, or something really awful like drinking and using again. Thankfully when you […]

Are You Complaining Too Much?

Are You Complaining Too Much?

Complaining is something as a society we regularly do. We complain because we have been wronged or annoyed by others. Literally, we can live totally blessed lives and still find reasons to complain because human nature is just like that. Plus, if we have loved ones who are using and drinking, there is no doubt […]

What is Kratom?

What is Kratom?

Although Kratom is not a new drug exploding onto the scene, it is a drug that has become more abused in recent years. Kratom is derived from the leaves of a tropical evergreen tree, Mitragyna Speciosa, in Southeast Asia which have opioid properties and some stimulant-like effects. The herbal substance has been used medicinally in […]

How to Fall into Place in Your Recovery

How to Fall into Place in Your Recovery

Now that summer is screeching to halt after going by so quickly, you are about to embark into the Fall season. The great thing about Fall is this “back to school” time is a way for people to reset and reboot their life. January and September are months that both give people motivation to make […]

From Codependency to Self-Sufficiency

From Codependency to Self-Sufficiency

The word codependency is thrown around quite a bit in the recovery world. Drugs and alcohol cause codependent behaviors for both the person who is suffering from addiction and the people who are affected by it. The problem of being influenced by codependency is that you may not even comprehend what being codependent means or […]

Demi Lovato: One Year Later

Demi Lovato: One Year Later

Being a celebrity must be difficult at times especially to have everything in their lives posted all over the tabloids and the media. Good or bad, The Paparazzi seems to intrude into their way of life, especially when it comes to something like an addiction. Last year, Demi Lovato had a less than stellar month […]

Does Accountability Even Work?

Does Accountability Even Work?

One of the concepts of recovery comes from the accountability that is suggested to keep you on track in your sobriety. Without accountability, you may find that your obsessive state of mind could lead you back to the drink or the drug that you have fought so hard to stop consuming. Accountability comes in a […]

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