When you battle addiction, drugs and alcohol become your primary coping mechanism. Masking painful and uncomfortable thoughts and feelings with psychoactive substances means that an important part of recovery is learning healthy stress management techniques. Stress is an unfortunate part of life. While some types of stress are beneficial and can help motivate you to […]
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Signs of anxiety can start at any age, meaning that even if you don’t have symptoms when you’re an adolescent or young adult, you can still develop an anxiety disorder. Anxiety-related disorders are the most common mental health conditions in the United States. Each year, more than 18% of Americans struggle with anxiety. While anxiety-related
Drug overdose happens for a variety of reasons. Someone may attempt to commit suicide or accidentally take more than a prescribed dosage. Overdose can also occur when the body builds a tolerance to a drug, and the user increases the dosage to feel the effects of the drug. It is essential to recognize the signs
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Have you been drinking for longer than you would care to admit? If so, you are not alone. Alcoholism has been a significant problem in America for most of the country’s existence. It’s only in the last 50 years there have been any meaningful ways to combat such problems. We hope the fact you are
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Once the decision to pursue addiction treatment is out of the way, the addiction sufferer has other decisions to make. Chief among those decisions is what kind of treatment program they are willing to endure. This has nothing to do with treatment services or options. It’s the requisite inpatient vs outpatient rehab discussion. There is
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