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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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From Humans of New York: Addiction, a Family Disease
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.
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Mental Health

TED Talk: Why We All Need to Practice Emotional First Aid
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."
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Signs You Are Enabling an Addiction
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.
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About Sober Living

Sober Social Networks
We know how important it is stay connected during recovery. This is why we offer multiple support groups, the alumni app, and more
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Addiction Treatment

What is the Integrative Care Model of Addiction Treatment?
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.
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Opioids

Drugged Driving
Drunk driving has always been a topic of concern. But as more states legalize marijuana, drugged driving is becoming a growing problem.
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Family Wellness

Is Your Teen Drinking?
More than 190,000 people under 21 visited an emergency room for alcohol-related injuries in 2008 alone. Is your teen a binge drinker?
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5 Reasons People Give to Excuse Their Drug and Alcohol Addictions
Admitting to substance abuse is difficult, causing many users to make excuses for their behavior. Take action to address underlying issues before they escalate.
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Recovery

3 Apps to Help You Stay Sober
Those in recovery can be more sensitive to everyday stressors and may need help in coping with them. What is great is that there are apps available to help you relax and rewind.
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Coping with Your Loved One’s Addiction
Addiction is a family disease that stresses the family to the breaking point, impacts the stability of the home, the family’s unity, mental health, physical health, finances, and overall family dynamics.
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Drug Addiction

Kiwi Tastes A Golden Nugget
Kiwi tastes a golden nugget. It becomes all he can think about it. A short, animated film by Andreas Hykade illustrates the cycle of addiction.
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Addiction & Related Topics

Addiction: 5 Things You Need to Know
There’s a lot of information out there about alcoholism and drug addiction. The sheer volume of articles, books, and videos on the topic can be overwhelming, and despite all of this, people are left still wanting answers. So, we’ve answered five of the top questions you may have about the topic.
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