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6 Steps for Setting Boundaries with Someone in Recovery
When someone pursues recovery, your relationship with them can change for the better. By setting up boundaries early on and communicating your feelings effectively, you and your loved one can develop a mutual respect that tends to your needs just as much as their sobriety. Follow these 6 important steps from Addiction Recovery Coach Rick Lepkowski.
What Does It Feel Like to Go Through Drug Withdrawal?
Drug and alcohol withdrawal is a painful and disruptive period of time, but there are ways to alleviate these difficult symptoms. By using pain management tools and healthy coping mechanisms, experiencing withdrawal can be more manageable.
Although many use these terms interchangeably, detox and rehab each have their own purpose. While detox primarily focuses on addressing the physical effects that addiction has had on the body, rehab focuses more on the psychological effects.
Drugs and alcohol use are often associated with teens and young adults, but the reality is that addiction affects people of all ages, senior citizens included.
Cultivating overall well-being is important to leading a happy, healthy life. Learn how to incorporate simple wellness tips into your daily routine to help you reduce stress, anxiety, and fatigue.
Young people are increasingly finding illicit drugs through dealers on Instagram. Learn about the dangers of the app and how to encourage youth to avoid substance abuse.
At a West Virginia conference, Obama addressed the opioid epidemic, the role of prescription drugs, and different initiatives the government would take to reduce the public health crisis.
Many Americans consider excessive drinking at parties a rite of passage, but these “harmless” habits can spiral into alcohol dependency. Learn some of the common signs of alcoholism.
Maintaining mental, physical, and spiritual wellness is an important part of recovery that can often be overwhelming. These apps encourage and track healthy habits.
College students are one of the most at-risk populations for drug and alcohol misuse. Learn how to warn young people about substance abuse before it’s too late.
Addiction is a disease that impacts not only the person using, but their entire family. Read the account of one family member to learn more about this dynamic.
Emotional wounds are equally as damaging as physical ones, but many do not value mental health as highly. Learn how to start practicing “emotional hygiene.”
It’s hard to know what to do when a loved one is suffering with an addiction to drugs or alcohol. See whether your family is offering misguided help and enabling your loved one’s addiction.
The need for an integrative approach to meet the complex needs of people with mental disorders, including substance use disorders, has sparked the development of specialized mental health and addiction treatment services. Here, we discuss the main concepts underlying the Integrated Care Model.