Family Support Articles

Rebuilding Relationships After Addiction

Often referred to as a family disease, addiction affects every part of an individual’s life and relationships negatively. It’s not just the person struggling with a substance abuse problem that needs treatment, close loved ones and families also need interventions from the impact abuse puts on everyone.  Addicts don’t think

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Opening Up to Others About Your Addiction

Every day, addicts of all kinds struggle in one of the most strenuous and stressful fights of their lives. Whether on drugs, alcohol, or an entirely different substance, addictions are the source of many negative experiences and feelings. From tension to anxiety, loneliness, low self-esteem, fear, and hopelessness, addiction can

How Families Can Support the Recovery Process
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Celebrating Your Recovery

Paddling through the struggles of drug and alcohol addiction is an undeniable feat. No matter how long the addiction or recovery, every addict’s journey is circumstantial and worthy of admiration. While it is crucial to prioritize recovery and maintaining sobriety, you should also leave room for celebration and praise. Whether

The Dangerous Long-Term Affects of Cocaine
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Your Early Signs of Relapse

After going through therapy and making recovery, you may feel as if you are on the top of the world. You may feel successful, proud, happy, and simply unstoppable, and this is by no means bad. But at the same time, some recovering aspects can become overconfident and ignore the

Benefits of 12-Step Programs
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The Importance of Relationships in Recovery

Recovery can be a particularly impeding time for any individual that provides pressure and isolation. Out of fear and irritability, some addicts continue to isolate themselves during addiction and recovery. Some may simply be angry, others may do so to avoid getting attached or hurting other people. What may come

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How to Make the Most of Your Sobriety Getaway

There are many difficult challenges that come with overcoming and recovering from addiction. For many, the withdrawal is one of the most difficult phases due to its severe symptoms. For others, rehabilitation itself may feel difficult when working with other people. And for some recovering addicts, maintaining sobriety after rehab

Understanding Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome
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Treating Drug Addiction from Home

Drug addiction can be an incredibly severe medical disorder that handicaps a person’s daily routine. To combat this, doctors strongly recommend professional help and intervention. For some, however, conventional therapy such as enrolling in a rehabilitation center is not an option. So what are the alternatives? Many such addicts will

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How Drug Addicts Think Differently

On the surface, some drug addicts might seem like completely normal people. In many cases, they still very much are. But as you become closer to one, you may notice strange behaviors—some that are even unacceptable. Perhaps they have a tendency to become aggressive, and quickly backpedal later. They may

Continuing Care Throughout Recovery
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Continuing Care Throughout Recovery

Often, we push away loved ones during our active addiction. Recovery is a lifelong process. Even if we were lucky enough to be able to make amends and keep our previous friends and family in our lives, we still need sober networks that can guide us throughout our recovery. The

What to Do If Your Addicted Son or Daughter Asks You for Money

No parent wants to see their child hurting or in harm’s way. Sometimes it can be difficult to ask our loved one what the money they are asking for is truly going to be used on. This is especially true when we think the individual may be addicted to drugs