How Group Therapy Can Help with Alcohol Addiction
The road to recovery from alcohol addiction is often a personal one, so it’s understandable that you might not want to share your experiences with others. However, regular group therapy sessions have been known to help immensely with those trying to overcome a drinking problem as well as co-occurring disorders like anxiety and depression. Here […]
A Look at the Nicotine Withdrawal Timeline
Nicotine affects many different systems within the body—most importantly, the brain. Over time, the brain becomes accustomed to the presence of nicotine. Nicotine withdrawal can be unpleasant. The cravings many smokers experience during acute withdrawal is comparable to those of opiate addiction. For days, sometimes weeks, it’s all the addict can think about. If you’re […]
5 Important Steps to Achieving an Alcohol-Free Life
Recovering from alcohol abuse requires tremendous amounts of willpower, help and support. Here’s what you can do to overcome the addiction, with insights from HelpGuide: BE EMOTIONALLY PREPARED There will be bad days. There will also be good ones, but the bad ones will make you want to give in. Don’t; remember why you’re doing […]
Feeling Gratitude In Long Term Treatment
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, one of our residents wrote a blog about his new found feelings of gratitude. I am coming up on five months of sobriety. I find myself feeling gratitude for many people, places, and things. The most important thing I am grateful for is my sobriety, without it nothing else is […]
