4 Tips on How to be There for a Loved One During Treatment
4 Tips on How to be There for a Loved One During Treatment Updated on 06/04/24 If your loved one has made the difficult decision to go to treatment, you may be wondering what you can do to be there for them. This can be especially true if they are entering residential rehab or traveling […]
Why Having Family Support is Important to Recovery
Why Having Family Support is Important to Recovery Drug and alcohol addiction affects so much more than just the person experiencing the actual addiction. The people closest to the person suffering from substance use disorder are also affected, and overcoming this takes more than just getting their loved one to go to treatment. Recovery from […]
How to Explain Recovery to Family and Friends
How to Explain Recovery to Family and Friends With the holiday season approaching, you might start seeing family and friends that you haven’t seen in a while. While it is great to see everyone, there is something new about you this year — you are sober. They might wonder why you are not partaking in […]
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month in October
. National Substance Abuse Prevention Month in October October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, a time to bring awareness to substance abuse and how the cycle of use begins. In an effort for young individuals to recognize the signs before the cycle starts, National Substance Abuse Prevention Month aims to slow, and eventually stop, […]
What Are The Common Behaviors of Addiction?
Understanding the Common Behaviors of Addiction Do you have a feeling that someone you love might be suffering from addiction, but you aren’t sure? People who have addictions will go to great lengths to cover them and remain in denial, so not knowing for sure is very common. That is why it is very important […]
How To Tell If I Am Enabling
Am I Enabling? Watching a loved one struggle with addiction can be one of the hardest things someone can experience. This is especially true for close family members, like children or parents. People who are suffering from addiction can become very manipulative in order to continue their substance abuse. The person who is at the […]
How to Get My Loved One Into Rehab
Do You Need to Get a Loved One Into Rehab? Watching a loved one struggle with addiction can be one of the most painful things in the world. Addiction can take hold and completely spin someone’s life upside down, often taking family and loved ones along with it. One of the biggest difficulties of addiction […]
What Do the Stages of Change Mean to Recovery?
What are the Stages of Change? At the University of Rhode Island, two researchers named Prochaska and DiClemente deciphered that there are 6 stages individuals go through and experience while seeking addiction, going through recovery and ultimately maintaining sobriety. These stages became a model known as “The Stages of Change”, which we base our individualized […]
Repairing the Damage Addiction Has Done to Family and Friends
Addiction is a Family Disease Addiction is a destructive disease that can leave many things damaged along its path. Aside from health and behavioral issues, relationships are something that can become negatively affected by a person with substance use disorderion. Understanding that addiction is a family disease is an important first step in repairing the […]