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Conquering Addiction with Creativity: How Creative Outlets Can Support Sobriety
Many artists and creative people believe that drugs and alcohol enhance their art or creative production. This is a myth. In reality, substance abuse chokes creativity and weakens the mind and body. It physically degrades every ability a person has, both natural and...

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,...

Iowa’s Biggest Addictions
Substance Abuse in the United States In 2017, a report showed that close to 20 million Americans battled with addiction that year. In the same year, other sources gathered that the United States spent upwards of $740 billion to manage and treat substance use disorders...

Food and Mood: How Diet Affects Recovery
During addiction recovery, many experience depression, lethargy, and mental fogginess. Some may even experience insomnia, digestive abnormalities, and a slew of other symptoms while transitioning to a sober lifestyle. Fortunately, advancements in medical research...
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