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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.

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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.

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Detox vs. Rehab? Which is Right for You?

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.

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Opioids

Stop Thinking Addiction Could Never Happen to You

The reality is that deadly drugs like Fentanyl and heroin are making their way into homes all over the country, homes just like yours.
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Is Vaping Really Safer?

Because it is easier to hide, research shows that vaping increases the risk that an individual will experiment with drugs, especially if they are young.
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Study Links Regular Alcohol Consumption to Skin Cancer

It’s no secret that drinking alcohol on a regular basis can be dangerous to your health. You can add another risk to that list ─ skin cancer.
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Do You Know Where Your Unused Prescriptions End Up?

More than four billion prescriptions are filled each year. Have you ever wondered what happens to all the unused prescription pills?
Wellness Topics

5 Ways to Be Happier

How do we outsmart our biology? Use the following suggestions to help replace negativity and begin sowing the seeds of happiness in your life.
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The Beauty of Meditation

Holistic therapies are great complementary tools to traditional addiction treatment.Learn about many benefits of meditation in addiction treatment and recovery.
Recovery

5 Things You Can Learn From Recovery

If there is one thing that recovery has taught us all is that people can change. That you can go from rock bottom to the best version of yourself. From being consumed by a drug to becoming a successful professional, a loving friend, and a caring family member.
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What Is Naloxone? Your Guide to a Life-Saving Medication

91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. Naloxone can help. Learn more about this life saving medicine in this short video.
Teens

Guide to Staying Sober in the New School Year

Going back to school offers so many new exciting and fun opportunities, but it also offers challenges. 
Recovery

4 Things Dogs Can Teach You About Recovery

While people may not initially think about dogs as a source of insight, they can teach humans several lessons about life, recovery, stress, and friendship.
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The Wharf Rats & Yellow Balloon Groups: Concerts with a Drug-Free Culture

Discover how the Wharf Rats are creating a safer space for music lovers in recovery who might have avoided concerts out of fear of endangering their sobriety.
Teens

How Much Alcohol Are Teens Really Drinking?

It is never too early to start talking to your teen about the dangers of alcohol. The time is now.