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 a chronic disorder that is characterized by compulsive substance-seeking despite the consequences involved. The onset […]
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 changes and overcoming a medical condition like a substance use disorder within one month is […]
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 unscathed. Recovering your self-esteem and learning to rebuild it can seem next to impossible. However, […]
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 most significant yet, with 21 units and 80 beds available to serve the area. Real […]
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 heal from substance use disorder (SUD). According to research published in the Journal of Addictive Diseases, […]
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 disorder (SUD). Sober living homes help individuals in recovery by providing resources and strategies for […]
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 around. Games are being played. The younger children scream in the backyard at some made-up […]
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? Compare that to the journey ahead. Compare it to times when you thought you were […]
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 comes to opioid misuse and addiction, take note that it is a severe affliction that […]
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 than for women.” There are clear disparities in substance and alcohol use when considering sex […]