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...
5 Coping Strategies to Overcome Drug or Alcohol Cravings
Cravings can catch you off guard. No matter how well your drug or alcohol addiction recovery has been going, it only...
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...
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....
Equality in Addiction Treatment
Drugs and alcohol do not discriminate, so treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) should not discriminate, either. Whether it is location,...
The Connection Between ADHD and Addiction
Within a substance use disorder (SUD) diagnosis, there are other diagnoses that are also commonly found. One of these diagnoses is...
8 Ways to Set Boundaries in Addiction Recovery
One of the most important emotional skills to learn in addiction recovery is how to set boundaries. As you become more...
Why Do Opioids Carry Such a High Risk of Overdose?
The opioid epidemic has become a major health crisis in the United States. What started for many as medication for severe...