Volunteering While Recovering From Addiction – Is It Right For You?
Volunteering is a great way to spend your time, whether you’re in recovery or not! There are so many organizations that depend on volunteers and can benefit greatly from your time and efforts, and in turn, you will be helping yourself as well. According to the National Corporation for National and Community Service, 62.6 million […]
How Recovering Addicts Can Rebuild Relations
Chances are, while you were deeply involved in substance abuse and were battling your addiction, you burned some bridges and destroyed some relationships that were important to you. People you loved may have become upset with you, and perhaps mostly gave up on you during this time period; after many attempts at helping you, it […]
Art Therapy and Addiction Treatment
Art therapy can be a wonderful addition to other features of treatment for anyone working on their recovery. Along with things like individual therapy, group therapy, family counseling, twelve step meetings, and other core services, therapy that includes artistic expression has been shown to help people that are working on moving away from their addiction […]
Addicted Women in Recovery
The 1960s and 1970s were a great time for both the development and spread of drug and alcohol treatment programs and the growth of women’s rights and equality in the United States. Unfortunately, however, the fact that each of these things emerged strongly at the same time may have also been a detriment for their […]
Acupuncture and Addiction Recovery
Acupuncture and Addiction Recovery Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine that has roots in traditional Chinese medicine. It has been practiced for thousands of years in China, and it is beginning to become more heavily practiced and accepted in the United States in recent years. Although it is useful for a wide variety of […]
Life After Addiction
If you’re just getting started on your recovery journey, it might feel like the road ahead of you is exceedingly long. That’s why it’s so important to think about what life after addiction is like in general—and what it’s going to be like for you. In this post, we’re going to explore life after addiction, […]
Portugal’s Decriminalization of Drugs and is it Right For The US?
The United States is, inarguably, in the midst of a colossal drug epidemic. Last year alone, there were over 50,000 overdose deaths in our country. On the other end of the spectrum, the small European country of Portugal has managed to vastly decrease their rate of deaths from drug use over the past decade and […]
How Do I Open Up About My Addiction?
If you’re struggling with an addiction, you’re struggling in more ways than one. You’re not just fighting something physical—you’re harboring this terrible secret. You’re likely fearful about losing your job, or hurting your family, being abandoned by your friends. And you’re not wrong: there can be some terrible consequences when addiction floods into every corner […]
How Iceland is Keeping Kids Off Drugs
The remote, mid-Atlantic country of Iceland has been in the news for the past few months for a very important and impressive reason – it has managed to decrease levels of teen substance abuse there by leaps and bounds. Twenty years ago, Icelandic teens were among the heaviest drinking teens in Europe. A 1998 survey […]
Why Relocating During Recovery May be Right for You
Have you ever heard the phrase “change your space, change your life”? Although this phrase is most used when referring to the Chinese interior design practice of feng shui, it applies to life overall in so many ways. According to the US Census Bureau’s most recent statistics, between 11.5 and 12.5 percent of Americans move […]