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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: An Overview
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a proven and popular form of psychological treatment. A form of talk therapy, CBT effectively treats a wide range of mental health problems such as substance use disorders, depression, psychosis, anxiety disorders, trauma, panic...
What are Alcohol-Induced Blackouts?
Have you ever gone out to enjoy a night with friends and woke up the next morning feeling confused and anxious, not even knowing how you got home? When you ask your friends, they tell you they spent the evening with you talking and drinking. They say you got into your...
Prescription and Illegal Opioids: How Addiction Develops
What Are Opioids? Opioids, sometimes called narcotics, are a type of drug that include prescription medications and the illegal drug heroin. Prescription opioids are typically prescribed to reduce pain after surgery, an injury, or when someone has severe pain from...
16 Writing Prompts for Your Addiction Recovery Journal
Journaling & Addiction Recovery When you are in recovery from a drug or alcohol addiction, journaling is an effective tool that aids the healing process. It helps you express and understand your feelings, thoughts, and emotions. Journaling also provides a way to...
Holistic Therapy Explained
Holistic therapy incorporates elements of both traditional therapy and non-traditional treatments to help the person experience healing on all levels. While conventional therapy focuses primarily on mental and emotional well-being, holistic therapy treats physical,...
Dating and Addiction Recovery
When a person goes through treatment for drug or alcohol addiction, they begin rebuilding their lives. They need to focus on themselves as they go through the early part of recovery, making changes and adjustments as necessary. As a result, single people in early...
How Journaling Helps Addiction Recovery
Journaling in Addiction Recovery When you are recovering from a drug or alcohol addiction, journaling can be a powerful healing tool. Writing in a journal helps you process your feelings and thoughts so that you can become more self-aware and more attuned to how...
Understanding Stress and Ways to Cope
Everyone becomes stressed sometimes. Stress is a normal part of life and can be positive in short bursts, such as when it helps a person avoid an accident or meet a deadline. However, too much emotional or mental stress endured for too long a time becomes harmful. And...
Managing Pain Without Opioids in Recovery
Managing Chronic Pain in Recovery Millions of people experience pain every day, whether from chronic conditions, such as backaches, arthritis, or headaches, or temporary conditions, such as accidents, injuries, or surgeries. Physicians often prescribe medications to...
Bath Salts: Addiction, Withdrawal, and Treatment
In the world of illicit drugs, “bath salts” have nothing to do epsom salts or with taking a bath. Bath salts are man-made, designer street drugs that are psychoactive stimulants with a high potential for abuse. About Bath Salts According to the Journal of Substance...
