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What to Expect With Symptoms of Withdrawal
Withdrawal is one of the biggest challenges that individuals face when going through recovery. It’s one of the reasons...
How Stress Can Impact Recovery (And How to Combat It)
Experiencing stress is normal, but for those in recovery, stress, and anxiety can make the process more difficult. The...
Let’s Get Physical: Addiction And The Brain
For people that have never battled addiction, it's difficult to comprehend that it's actually a disease of the brain....
How To Talk To A Child About Your Addiction
Addiction affects all members of the family, even kids, Especially kids. There is no better time than now to talk to...
Dealing With Withdrawal During Treatment
Withdrawal is uncomfortable and leaves your mind, body, and spirit feeling tired. The most critical choice you can...
Being Capable of Battling Depression and an Addiction
Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions, and it is frequently experienced by individuals who...
Why There’s No Shame in Returning to Treatment
If you return to treatment after already having been there once, it can feel like a tremendous failure. However, it...
Accurate and Inaccurate Depictions of Mental Illness on Television
Mental illness is often dramatized on television in order to add action to the plotline of the story. Shows such as...
How To Disclose Your Mental Health Diagnosis To a Professor
When attending college with a mental health diagnosis, it is important to take into consideration how it may impact...
How to Approach Your Family About Plans to Enter Treatment
Entering Treatment Entering treatment when you know you can no longer hide from the problems you’ve been experiencing...
The Romanticization of Alcohol in American Media
In much of the contemporary mainstream media, that’s put out in the United States, alcohol is romanticized in a...