In: Addiction
What Is Bipolar Disorder and How Does It Affect Addiction?
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life There is a very definite connection between bipolar disorder...
Replacement Addictions: Trading One Addiction for Another
After seeking treatment for alcohol or drug addiction, there are some people who maintain sobriety from those substances. Yet, they may...
Why Are the Holidays So Difficult Emotionally?
The holidays are painted with joy and celebration on storefronts, catalogs and commercials. Yet this joy eludes so many, and the...
Is There a Difference Between Dependence and Addiction?
When discussing what happens when you drink alcohol every day or regularly use a substance of any kind, the words dependence...
Breaking the Cycle of Abusive Relationships Before They Break You
A very dysfunctional synergy exists between relationships, abuse and chronic alcoholism or addiction. When all three are present, they can create...
Reconnecting After Addiction: Having an “In Your Body” Experience
Substance use often begins as a way to escape your body. Whether it is to escape pain, to relax, or to...
From Pain Pill Addiction to Recovery
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Maybe after an accident, the doctor prescribed pain pills. Or maybe for you, they were prescribed after recovering from major surgery....
Connections Between Anger and Addiction
Many people associate anger with addiction, either through personal experience or perhaps the way that addiction is often portrayed in the...
The Relationship Between Addiction and Codependency
Codependency as a concept in psychology gained popularity in the 1980s. At that time, the concept was predominantly assumed to be...
Piecing It Together: Making Sense of the Chaos of Addiction
Turning your life around is not like pushing a button, unfortunately. After making the life-changing decision to stop drinking or using...