Category: Articles
How to Support Your Loved One When They Return Home From Addiction Treatment
When a Loved One Gets Help Having a loved one in addiction treatment can spark a range of emotions: relief, worry, loneliness, and hope, to name a few. Whether it’s our partner, son, daughter, or other close family member, we feel their absence when they are...
Soldiers and Substance Abuse
In the Movies In Forrest Gump, actor Tom Hanks plays a young southern man who goes to the Vietnam War and befriends Lieutenant Dan. Later in the movie, we see that Lieutenant Dan has become a paraplegic and alcoholic after he completes his service. Life isn’t always a...
Parenting From Recovery Centers
It’s unspoken but loud. It’s in the back of our minds and makes us hesitate to move forward. It’s the feeling that we’re weak and negligent for going to recovery–a feeling that increases ten-fold if we’re parents. If you are a parent battling addiction, you may...
Staying Fit in Sobriety
Physical Fitness Many of us look at fitness like a chore. The sweat, the pain, the lack of instant results: it can be pretty disheartening. When it comes to addiction and substance abuse disorders, what causes us pain can often be eradicated instantaneously. That easy...
