Addiction Blog

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Going Back to Work After an Addiction

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“My first day returning to work after being treated for a severe opiate addiction was one of the most daunting moments of my life,” wrote ...
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New Year’s Resolutions for Your Recovery

The New Year is the perfect time to set some new goals to make your recovery stronger and your new sober life more fulfilling. Here ...
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Helpful Hints to Survive Thanksgiving Sober

Thanksgiving can be a tough holiday for a lot of folks in recovery and it may even be the first family gathering for you in ...
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3 Common Roadblocks for Lawyers in Need of Rehab

“What are the three biggest mistakes lawyers make with regards to substance use before you see them, that puts their license at risk?” This is one ...
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Regaining Self-Trust During Recovery

Addiction often leads to feelings of mistrust and disappointment, putting a big strain on your relationships in life – including your relationship with yourself. An ...
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Putting Spirituality Into Practice

Spirituality has been found to have a pretty profound impact on people in recovery from a substance use disorder. Some of the perks: less anxiety, ...
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More Reasons to Try Transcendental Meditation

Meditation is making its way into more and more addiction treatment programs – and it seems like everyone is talking about its advantages when it ...
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Professional Women and Addiction

Despite studies showing that women with substance use disorders have a faster course towards severity than men with addictions, most treatment programs in the U.S. ...
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Nothing happens to us. Learn rather than react.

Much of human interaction involves reactivity. When a person becomes more aware of themselves as a spiritual being, they begin to see how much they ...
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Critical Look At 12-Step Programs

Psychiatrists Dr. Lance Dodes and Zachary Dodes (father and son) published a book offering critical look at 12-Step Programs in March 2014 called “The Sober ...
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