What it’s Like Having an Alcoholic Father I’m the child of an alcoholic. I’m the niece of an addict who didn’t make it past 30. I’m the stepsister of a sister who overdosed on heroin and crystal meth. Oh, and I am the grandchild and great-niece (is that how you say it?) of countless family […]
Addiction From A Daughter’s Perspective: The Early Years Read More »
It’s like the question about the chicken and the egg. It’s not always easy to know which came first. Many people who struggle with mental health disorders, like depression, self-medicate with drugs or alcohol. This practice can quickly lead to suffering from drug addiction. On the other hand, it’s also possible that substance abuse triggers
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Suspecting that your baby might be using drugs or alcohol can be a very stressful, anxious feeling, especially if you don’t know what certain drugs or their paraphernalia look like to even have the ability to be on the lookout. If your gut is telling you that something is up, chances are something is up.
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Completing addiction treatment is a major step on the road to recovery, but it’s only the beginning of a lifelong journey. Recovery will present a number of challenges, and handling relapse triggers is probably one of the toughest aspects of maintaining your sobriety. Summertime can be a minefield of triggers. With beach parties, outdoor music
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If you’re anything like the ‘active addiction’ version of me, you might think that drug rehabs and addiction treatment centers are only for the rich and famous and other people with seemingly “fake” problems. I was very ignorant and naive. I knew I was getting closer and closer to death — the local Emergency Room
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Most of the time when people think of a 12-step fellowship, they think of Alcoholics Anonymous, however, there’s actually a 12-step group for just about any addiction out there, including: Narcotics Anonymous Codependents Anonymous Al-Anon, Nar-Anon, etc. These fellowships are meant for the loved ones of addicts. Some people attend for different reasons. While some
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Getting clean and entering recovery is hard; if it were easy then everyone would be doing it. The first year can feel unbearable if you’re not doing it for the right reasons. However, if you truly want to get clean and sober, each little milestone will make you feel like you are unbeatable and can
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When it comes to abusing mind-altering substances, the danger is par for the proverbial course. After all, it’s all right there in the term: They’re “mind-altering” substances, meaning that that alter — or even hinder — the ability of the brain to function normally. Even if isolated to the brain, the neurological repercussions of substance
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Addiction is a chronic relapsing disease of the brain that affects virtually the entire demographic spectrum. Men and women of all ages and from all walks of life have fallen prey to the addictive power of alcohol and drugs. Moreover, addiction is a unique disease in that it affects family members and loved ones as
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Addiction is an extremely complex, nearly enigmatic disease that we’ve only recently begun to understand. In fact, it used to be that addiction was largely seen as a moral issue with individuals who suffered from substance abuse problems considered to merely be bad people. Fortunately, years of research and observation has shown us that’s not
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