Not Prepared For Son’s Life After Overdose
Life after overdose is trauma beyond imagining for loved ones. My son Josh lay there in the trauma room comatose and hooked up to a...
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How to Manage Social Anxiety
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Cali Sober: Can You Be Sober And Still...
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Focus On Health For Relapse Prevention
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Tip 6 from 100 Tips For Growing Up:...
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Summer Sobriety Survival Guide
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Family Addiction Dysfunction: Cleaning Up The Mess
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Vitiligo: Being Proud Of Your Skin
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Self Care For Mental Health
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Leslie Glass at Rotary Youth Conference
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Are Sober Living Communities Right For You
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Top 10 Relationship Quotes
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Tip Of The Day: Drink Water
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Drink Water To Balance Your Blood Sugar
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Recovery Store With Affordable Gift Ideas
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How Alcohol Free Parenting Can Save Your Kids
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Personal Hygiene: Tip 2 From 100 Tips For...
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Codependency: The Toxic Tango
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HALT: Tip 1 from 100 Tips For Growing...
Getting Help
Getting Help This category has articles about treatments, finding help, helping loved ones and all manner of recovery support
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What Factors Predict Teen Addiction?
Who gets addicted and who doesn’t? Teen addiction is fact of life for 15% of high schoolers, and it’s important to take any teen use...
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Toxic Families Keep Secrets
Family secrets make everyone sick. Alcohol and substance abuse impacts the whole household and can cause a great amount of stress and negative feelings. Keeping...
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What To Expect In An Al-Anon Meeting
Seven years ago, when I first entertained the idea of going to a meeting, I was scared and confused. Was Al-Anon another way to abbreviate...
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Breaking The Denial Cycle
The denial cycle has a special meaning for families coping with substance use. We all have denial in our lives. Denial is a way to...
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12 Symptoms Of Codependency
Symptoms of codependency are easy to spot, not so easy to heal. Codependency is characterized as a person in a dysfunctional, one-sided relationship. One person...
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Surviving Secondhand Drama
I want the time spent with my extended family to be filled with love, good food, and memories. Instead, drama hangs in the air like...
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5 Tips To Process Grief About Addiction
Processing grief about addiction is complicated. Addiction takes time to ravage a family, and grief is a common reaction to having a family member who...
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How Long Does Addiction Recovery Take
Is there proven path to addiction recovery that everyone should follow? Is addiction treatment the same for alcohol, meth addiction, opioid addiction, gambling addiction, tobacco...
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How Long Does It Take To Heal
Eighteen months. That’s how much time researchers say it takes to heal. Eighteen months for each stress inducing life event. Be it marriage or divorce,...
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Fear And Shame: Tips To Overcome The Demons
Fear and shame are powerful demons, but when the two are combined, you will feel suffocated emotionally. These two are also powerful consequences that both...
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When Does Social Drinking Become A Problem
It’s a question many want to avoid. Where is the line that separates casual drinking and a medical disorder? Some say if you want a drink you’re...
