Sober Living
Their presence sometimes go unnoticed because it’s the problem children that wind up in the media, the result of an incident or neighborhood complaints.
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Emotional Sobriety
I must take responsibility for the ways I acted and the things I did. Then, I must ask if there is anything I can do to make these mistakes right.
Read MoreUnplugging From the Chaos
Now we carry 24 hour access to crap in our pockets, via the phone. And rather than a couple irritating broadcasters, we have access to millions.
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How to Forget
Suppose we could develop cognitive techniques and train the patient to use them whenever symptoms reappeared?
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What to do After Treatment
There will be times where you catch yourself lying either in your head or to somebody– fix it, there is major growth there when you do.
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Relaxing in Recovery
There’s not much point in pretending that all those years of dousing the brain with toxins hasn’t left its mark.
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Landing On Your Feet
For most of us, personal risk management boils down to inserting a process of logical reasoning between the desire and the action.
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Recovery Reality
“All my friends drink,” someone says. There’s a reason for that.
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Gabapentin
You might say the drug itself may not be that dangerous, except to our patients.
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Insomnia: The Medication Dilemma
Insomnia is at the top of the list of common problems for both active addicts and the newly recovering, and sleeping meds can pose risks.
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Intrusive Thoughts
In most cases, the intrusive thoughts associated with addiction (cravings, disturbing images, etc) go away during the course of recovery.
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Leaving Rehab: Seven Tips
At the end of each day, make a list of what went right. Focus on that rather than the things that didn’t.
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The Culture of Drug Use
After years in the drug world, it may not be easy for someone new to recovery to fit comfortably into the larger society. It helps to find people such as yourself– who used to use drugs but no longer do– to relate to.
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