In: Addiction Recovery
What Are the 4 Most Common Co-Occurring Disorders?
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life Co-occurring mental health disorders are common with addiction. Some...
The Value of Peer Support in Recovery
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life In times of difficulty, the support of friends is...
The Value of a Daily Mental Health Self Check-In
You have medical checkups with your doctor, you have a dentist look at your teeth regularly, and you take your car...
Can Eating Healthy Really Help the Body Heal from Addiction?
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life Much of the focus of addiction recovery is placed...
What Does It Mean to Make Amends in Recovery?
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life One of the steps within 12-Step programs for drug...
Changing Your Thinking About Addiction Treatment and Recovery
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life There are many reasons people avoid addiction treatment and...
Coping With a Breakup During Addiction Recovery
Managing alcohol addiction recovery is difficult enough. Add a relationship breakup and it can seem overwhelming, but a breakup is not...
You May Be Addicted, but You Are Not Broken
One of the most universal beliefs that people with chronic alcoholism or drug addiction have is that they are broken; that...
Putting on Your Recovery Armor One Day at a Time
Recovery from addiction can be like building and wearing armor to protect you. When the dragons of relapse threaten, going back...
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...