When Other People’s Trauma Impacts You
It’s the time of year when social gatherings kick into high gear. After a year of isolation, many people are excited to spend the holidays with loved ones, but you might find yourself dreading a...
View ArticleDecember Is Impaired Driving Awareness Month
Drunk driving might seem like an abstract concept, but it’s ever present. In America, one person is killed every hour by a drunk driver. That’s more than 10,000 deaths every year, and hundreds of...
View ArticleSAD Surges During the Darkest Months. Here’s How to Cope
The Northern Hemisphere is officially in the shortest part of the year. As if cold temperatures and wintery winds weren’t enough to make you feel despondent, the short days can have a huge impact on...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Journey of Recovery
When we talk about treatment and recovery, it seems very binary. Someone was using drugs or alcohol too much, but then they decided to get help and suddenly they were on the right path. But anyone with...
View Article5 Ways to Support Your Recovery This Winter
With the holidays feeling like a distant memory but cold weather and short days still around, the winter can be a tough time for people in recovery. Research has shown that frigid temperatures and dark...
View ArticleHow Strong Relationships Protect You Against Addiction
Who are the people you are closest to? It might be your spouse, parent, sibling or friend. These deep and meaningful relationships can provide the pillars of our lives, and can also help protect us...
View ArticleFrom Addict To Poet and Treatment Center CEO
When Matthew Ganem was addicted to OxyContin, and later heroin, he never imagined that 14 years later he would be the CEO of Aftermath Addiction Treatment LLC. “OxyContin became my everything: who I...
View Article5 Reasons Family Should Be Involved in Recovery
Recovery is an intensely personal process — only you can make the decision to reach out for treatment and stop using substances. At the same time, recovery revolves around communities to help people...
View Article12 Steps To Spring Clean Your Recovery
Recovery unfolds one day at a time, but when you take a second to look over the past year you can see: it’s been a rough one. When you’ve just recently completed treatment or are a recovery veteran,...
View ArticleHow Alcohol Affects Your Brain in Different Stages of Alcohol Consumption
Researchers at Charleston drug rehab center say that alcohol consumed at low levels can have “feel good” effects, which is why most people turn to it after a bad day at work or while experiencing...
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10 Celebrities Who Talked About Rehab, Recovery and Relapses Amidst COVID-19
By Preston Powell The loneliness, the boredom, the need to escape reality—COVID-19 has really put the world through a wringer. Even though our social lives have slowed down, stay-at-home orders and the...
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Beyond The Treatment Center
When most people think about getting sober, they picture a person in need of help who participates in a stay at a treatment center. Thirty, 60 or 90 days later that person emerges and is transformed,...
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PTSD and Addiction
Over the past twenty years, numerous research studies have proven a significant link between PTSD and ensuing addiction. In one study, where both addicted patients and a non-addicted control group were...
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13 Sober Summer Activities
Every year, there’s a sense of excitement and relief as summer begins. But this year, with the economy slowly reopening as vaccinations become more widespread, the potential of summer seems bigger and...
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