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Struggling with an addiction means the possibility of experiencing relapse during recovery at some point over the course of your journey. Although relapses aren’t uncommon, the process of moving [...]

Are the Twelve Steps to recovery right for you? The program has been a popular set of guidelines for helping an individual with their addiction for almost a full century, yet many people do not [...]

Watching someone you love battle a drug or alcohol addiction can be excruciating. When your pleas for them to get help are ignored or they deny there is a problem, your family may decide it’s [...]

Alcohol cravings are similar to hunger urges that vary in intensity and symptoms. The American Psychological Association reports that alcohol cravings happen as a physical response to internal [...]

  The holidays are here. You arrive at a Christmas party with some friends. You discover alcohol there and call back on your relapse prevention plan to guide you. The holidays can present [...]

Though it may seem harmless, the path of numerous social alcoholics and struggles with addiction begins with social consumption. Alcohol is a sneaky substance in the way it can bring people [...]

The majority of what one would define as ‘harder’ drugs leave their mark in numerous ways. One of these marks is an unhealthy drop in weight. Illegal drugs that cause weight loss are the [...]

Effects of aging can show themselves early because of alcohol use. These signs of aging can show themselves on your skin or be invisible to the eye. Getting treatment for serious alcohol use [...]

There is no one single factor that can predict if a person will become addicted to drugs. It is a combination of factors that influences a person’s risk for addiction. And the more risk factors a [...]

The National Institute of Mental Health Disorders has reported that:  About 26% of Americans ages 18 and up suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in any given year, Nearly 10 % of Americans [...]