How to Choose the Right Therapist
Everyone can benefit from seeing a therapist. If you’re someone working on your recovery from addiction to alcohol or drugs, then you already know that the above statement is true. Therapists will help you work through the dark times, and they’re there for you during the good times, too. It always helps to have someone […]
Kratom for Opiate and Heroin Withdrawals
Kratom is a plant indigenous to Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea. It has properties of both opiates and stimulants. Conversely, kratom is sometimes used to treat both opiate and heroin withdrawals. Ultimately, kratom for opiate and heroin withdrawal increases a person’s risk of kratom addiction. To better understand why this is the case, […]
Neuroplasticity and Addiction Recovery
Can you change your mind? For a long time, many experts believed that changing the way one’s brain worked and functioned was impossible. If someone was damaged from trauma, it was believed that they would suffer immensely from that trauma forever. However, new research suggests the opposite. Today, we know that the brain is an […]
Psilocybin and MDMA and Canada
Just a few weeks ago, and after many years of much hard work by activists, Canada officially changed federal regulations, and now, both psilocybin and MDMA are available as treatment options for anyone suffering from a mental illness. This is an amazing development that will surely help many people. Although Canada is not the first […]
2022 Goal Setting for People in Recovery
A new year is almost here and late December and early January are a traditionally great time to set some goals for the year ahead. 2020 and 2021 were challenging for all, to say the least, but we all have high hopes for a bright and beautiful 2022. The best way to make the year […]
Quitting Cigarettes
Congratulations on your recovery! If you’ve managed to break free from your dependence on drugs and/or alcohol, you have already achieved so much. You surely feel better and now your life is on a better path – and you feel free. There’s still much to do to remain clean and sober for the rest of […]
Getting Back Out There After the Pandemic
The pandemic was hard on every one of us. When COVID-19 hit the United States and the world, all of our lives changed in a flash. Our active social lives suddenly came to a halt. Work, for many, went remote. Kids began attending school from home. Everyone was nervous and on edge about a virus […]
Sober Living Opportunities at Colleges and Universities
College is synonymous with drug and alcohol use and abuse. In every movie and television show featuring college-aged characters, there is almost always some sort of drinking alcohol or doing drugs involved. Many people who attended college have memories that include these activities as well. College kids go to bars. College kids go to parties. […]
Vitamins for Recovery
Proper nutrition is crucial for a happy and healthy life. Vitamins and minerals help our brain and other organs function at their best. When they are missing from our diet and our body, we suffer. People who do not get the proper nourishment often find that they are always tired, even if they sleep a […]
The History of the Opioid Epidemic
The Opioid Epidemic in the United States The opioid epidemic continues to grow in the United States, and despite some efforts to defeat it, it is showing no sign of slowing, let alone stopping. Overdoses are currently the leading cause of death of Americans under the age of fifty, and two-thirds of overdose deaths are […]