Author: Olivia Gillespie
Boo! Getting Spooky Without Substances
It’s here: spooky season! Between Oktoberfest and Halloween, this month is associated with goblins, ghouls, ghosts…and with alcohol and substance abuse. October prompts some seriously spooky temptations if we’re battling bad spirits in the form of addiction. Never...
Addiction & Low Self-Esteem: The Connection
How much do you like yourself? The confidence you feel in our own worth and abilities is what determines your level of self-esteem. A short quiz from PsyCom can help you see how high or low your self-esteem may be. Someone who has a healthy self-esteem believes that...
Group or Individual: Which Therapy Is Right for You?
Before we enter recovery for substance use disorder, we may hear the terms individual therapy and group therapy tossed around. For many, these terms are vague and conjure mental images of Sigmund Freud scribbling notes as a hysterical woman lies on a fancy couch,...
