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, […]
Parenting While Recovering From Alcoholism
The children of people who suffer from alcoholism often have life-long effects on their behavior, relationships and their own possible battles with addiction. If you are a parent who is in recovery, the best thing you can do for your children is get the help you need. Once you have been to treatment and come […]
Talking to Family About the Treatment Process After You’re Home
Talking to Family About the Treatment Process After You’re Home When you or a loved one has made the decision to get help for addiction, it can be a bag of mixed feelings for the family. While everyone is, of course, overjoyed that the decision has been made to get help, the family needs time […]
Talking to Your Family About the Treatment Process Before You Go
Talking to Your Family About the Treatment Process Before You Go Making the decision to finally get help for your addiction is huge, and there’s no doubt that your family is thrilled about this decision. Chances are, they have been affected in many ways. However, there is still a chance that certain family members don’t […]
Balancing the Cost of Treatment and Family Life
Balancing the Cost of Treatment and Family Life One of the worst casualties of addiction can be broken families. Addiction can make marriages end, it can make former cherished best friends no longer speak, and it can make children resent their parents for life. If you have made the decision to finally get help for […]
How to Talk to Your Friends About Heroin Addiction
Tips: Talk to Your Friends About Heroin Addiction Watching a loved one struggle with addiction can be one of the hardest things to experience. This can be especially true if it’s a friend since people suffering from addiction can be quick to cut people off. The stigma surrounding addiction makes it difficult for addiction sufferers […]
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 […]