Being able to connect or reconnect with others is one of the greatest benefits of recovery. It can also create some of the biggest stumbling…
Sports rarely pique my interest. Golf does so even less often. Despite these facts, I found myself inspired by Tiger Woods’s 2008 U.S. Open win.…
It’s a big debate among those in recovery: is medical use of prescribed medication a relapse if that medication is physically addictive? Because so many…
When most people stop drug use, they find that they have more free time on their hands. Time spent getting high, finding drugs or making…
Part of any drug addiction treatment program as well as most people’s lives after they graduate from drug and alcohol rehab are 12-step meetings: Alcoholics…
For parents, there are few things worse than discovering that their child is addicted to drugs and alcohol. But there’s one thing that few parents…
When a parent develops an alcohol or drug addiction , kids often bear much of the fallout. They feel the stress of the situation much…
Many individuals who have a drinking problem fail to ask themselves the tough questions. They think they are fooling everyone into believing that their drinking…
Drug addiction is one of the biggest problems we face today. In 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older were current (past…
Despite all the research that speaks to the contrary, there are still a large number of people who are unaware of the many potential dangers…