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Welcome to the Safe Harbor Recovery Center blog! Our blog offers articles and resources for individuals and families affected by substance abuse issues and addiction to alcohol and drugs.
Blackouts are a Red Flag
Pop culture is full of examples of characters waking up after a wild night of partying and having to call a friend to find out what happened the evening before. The person on the other end of the line fills in hilarious shenanigans that occurred, while the person who...
Common Drug-Related Slang Terms
As times change, so does language, including the language that is used to talk about alcohol and drugs. With each new generation, new slang terms are introduced to discuss substances, paraphernalia, and drug-related behaviors. Young people who abuse alcohol and other...
Talking to Your Medical Team About Addiction
Sharing your addiction story with anyone can be scary and uncomfortable. It can be especially difficult when the person you need to tell is someone you trust and respect, like your healthcare providers. You may worry about being seen or treated differently once you...
Increase Your Alcohol Awareness in April
Alcohol is a legal and commonly used drug, the dangers of which are frequently underestimated and the pleasures of which are often touted in high-dollar advertising campaigns. To increase awareness around the realities of alcohol abuse, each April since 1987 has been...
How to Enjoy Travel in Recovery
By: Jackie Hammers-Crowell Summer is approaching, and many of us are starting to think about vacation plans. If you’re new to addiction recovery, you may be wondering how to avoid relapse when you go on vacation. Here are a few ways to maintain your recovery on...
Facts About Fentanyl
My friend lost two of her three sons on the same day. Both sons had experienced a relapse after getting and staying clean for quite some time. Both took what they thought was heroin. When the toxicology reports came back later, there was not a bit of heroin in either...
Eight Scary Facts About Addiction
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, these facts about addiction might provide compelling reasons to seek out treatment. Fact #1: The drug a person is using may impact how long it takes for them to become addicted. While it may take...
Self-Care is Crucial to Sustained Recovery
Self-care is a term some people associate with vacations, shopping sprees, and luxury. Though self-care can include indulging in the sorts of fun activities that celebrities post on Instagram, it more often includes making quiet, steady choices to live a healthy,...
Loving Yourself in Recovery
For many people who are new to recovery, loving themselves seems like an impossible task. They may have made choices in active addiction that caused harm to themselves and people they loved. Remembering these unhealthy behaviors can cause the person to feel guilt,...
How Meditation Supports Recovery
Some common pieces of advice that people in recovery receive are to stop judging themselves and others, to listen to their bodies, and to implement some structure and stability into their lives. One way to work on all of these things together is meditation. While...
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