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Identifying Unsupportive Relationships Long-term, successful sobriety requires strong, supportive relationships. In many ways, getting sober is a group effort: of the person in recovery, their treatment team, their family, and their recovery community. Many clients,...

Comorbidity, Co-occurring Disorder, & Dual Diagnosis: What’s the Connection? While the three terms above are sometimes used interchangeably, there are subtle differences between them. The term comorbidity refers to a diagnosis of any two or more diseases or...

Study Drugs When someone hears the term “study drugs,” several things may pop into their mind. Perhaps the prescription drug Adderall comes to the tip of their tongue. Or maybe someone thinks of that uncanny movie with Bradley Cooper, Limitless, which was inspired by...

Addiction Has a Ripple Effect Substance abuse does not just affect the person using drugs or alcohol: it has a ripple effect that often touches friends, parents, partners, and, unfortunately, children. Children who live with parents who struggle with addiction...

Nutrition: What’s the Big Deal? On a very basic level, without proper nutrition the human body just doesn't function well, if at all. People need to eat well and diversely, exercise regularly, and sleep peacefully every night in order for their bodies to work...

The Power of Essential Oils If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably dodged more than one essential oil (EO) sales rep rattling on about how lavender changed their life. And, like me, you’ve probably decided that anyone who would spend hundreds of dollars on...

More Than the Marketing If your main exposure to yoga has been through advertisements for yoga clothing or the latest online class, you might view it as just another health craze that pops up every few months--and one that is primarily for people who are already...

There’s an ongoing misconception that addiction and dependence are one and the same. But while they’re undoubtedly connected, an addiction involves a psychological drive to continue using a substance despite the harmful consequences, while dependence is a purely...

Creativity & Substance Use: Myths There’s this myth that consuming substances like marijuana, psychedelics, or club drugs gets our creative juices flowing. Maybe we can attribute it to all the famous writers--Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Carson...