While it is true that we live in a world where the lines between what it means to be male or female are blurring, there is no point in denying that there are genetic, and cultural, differences which still exist. Unless you are one who is caught up in the current trend of dismissing any […]
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Our external environment can have a major impact on our resolve to stay sober. Sights, sounds, and smells can be triggers for our bad feelings. Changes in temperature can negatively affect our mood, with some people even experiencing a drastic shift with each change of season. Staying in the environment where we engaged in our […]
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Intimate relationships can be beautiful and rewarding. They can also lead us down a path of emotional difficulty, blurred boundaries, and compromised values. The best way to ensure that the dating road you are traveling consists of good experiences is to start out from a good place within yourself. During initial stages of recovery, our […]
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Prescription medication and manufactured street drugs have quite a bit in common. Both involve humans concocting mixtures from chemicals which can be fatal in large doses. Both involve a myriad of ingredients, many of which users have no idea about. Most people who take either type of drug are not highly educated about why the […]
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Many young adults who struggle with addiction are also struggling with other problems. There are pressures from school, pressures from a job, and money pressures. There can be anxiety and worries about the future, and there can be drama in the present. A young adult is transitioning between the world of dependence on others, and […]
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Recovery is a term which is increasingly being used by those in the fields of mental health and wellness. To recover from something means that something first had to have been lost to us. In the realm of substance abuse, it refers to a time period of regaining the power over our life that the […]
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Every year, billions of dollars are made through alcohol sales. Alcohol is depicted as being an integral part of every social event imaginable, from clubbing to weddings. It is advertised as being the key to relaxation, and the key to having fun. Alcohol commercials show drinkers as smiling, laughing, and living the best of life. […]
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Achieving sobriety is no small feat. Regardless of what addiction you struggle with, finding your footing and pushing through past a potentially painful withdrawal period requires equal measures of willpower and physical fortitude. After that, it’s onto the pains and challenges of early recovery. Once the withdrawal period ends, you may be faced with emotional […]
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Addictive drugs each are dangerous in their own way. Yet what makes on worse than the other? The truth is that it’s a really difficult question to answer, with many factors and countless different interpretations. While we do possess the data to quantify how some drugs are more dangerous than others, the bigger picture is […]
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It’s important not to try and draw false equivalencies. There’s still a difference between heroin and eggnog. Individually, the damage done by alcohol is (at first glance) much smaller than the damage done by drugs like meth and cocaine, which overpower the senses so completely that they lead to addiction more often than other drugs. […]
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