Replacing Negative Habits That Feed Your Addiction
Whether they’re good or bad, everyone has habits. Habits help to shape your life and can either push you toward success or pull you back from it. Negative habits can quickly become problematic when they feed addictive tendencies. Addiction is...
Is a Sober Living Community for Me?
Healing from addiction is a process. Many people do not understand that the process takes much longer than 30 days, which is the average length of residential treatment that is initially recommended and covered by insurance. Making such significant life...
The Art of Rebuilding Self-Esteem After Addiction
Addiction can destroy many things; one of the most common is your self-esteem. From external messages brought upon by stigma and judgment to internal messages of shame, guilt, and self-loathing, it is difficult to come through addiction with your self-esteem...
New Sober Living Home in New Port Richey Addresses Pasco County Addiction Issues
The Tampa area witnessed a new sober living home open up at the beginning of May. New Port Richey was the latest Florida location to join the Real Recovery family of sober living homes. This new house is Real Recovery’s...
Finding and Maintaining Employment After Addiction Recovery
Everyone needs some form of income to pay for bare essentials and costs associated with recovery. Regardless of your current work status, resources exist to provide you with access to job placement services and other financial support to help you...
7 Benefits of Sober Living Homes in Your Fight Against Addiction
A new hot topic of the recovery community is centered around sober living homes. What are they, and why are they making a big impression? Sober living homes are post-medical rehabilitation living spaces for individuals recovering from a substance use...
Is Alcoholism Hereditary? How Genetics Predispose You to Addiction
Imagine yourself at a family gathering. Everyone is there. You, your parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins – everyone is there. Hotdogs and burgers on the grill fill the air with a mouth-watering barbeque aroma. Laughter can be heard all...
What Length of Time Is Needed for Addiction Recovery to Work?
Addiction recovery is a lengthy journey. As much as you would like to, you cannot get rid of your addiction overnight. Looking back on your addiction history, how long would you say you have suffered? A year or more? Several?...
Addiction: Where to Start When Seeking Solution for Treatment of 4 Opioid Misuse and Addiction
Addiction has the potential to ruin lives. If you are able to recover, it can give you a new outlook on life. Arriving at a place of comfort when recovering takes time. Getting there is no easy feat. When it...
5 Challenges Men Fight When in Recovery for Addiction
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports that “males are more likely than women to use almost all types of illicit drugs, and illicit drug use is more likely to result in emergency department visits or overdose deaths for males...
