Mar 31, 2022 | Recovery, Mental Health
It’s Easy to Skimp on Self-Care How often have we come home from a super stressful day and given in to our favorite, potentially unhealthy, coping-craving? (Yesterday, after spending the entire day on the phone trying to figure out how I was going to pay my...
Nov 28, 2021 | Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health
Codependency & Addiction: Not All Addictions Involve Substances Codependency and addiction often appear in the same place. Someone develops an addiction, and someone who loves that person unintentionally nurtures that addiction with codependent behavior. The...
Oct 28, 2021 | Recovery, Mental Health
Think about your favorite work of art. Maybe you love a painting like the Mona Lisa or American Gothic or Starry Night. Maybe you love a Broadway musical like 42nd Street or The Phantom of the Opera or Dear Evan Hansen. Maybe you have a favorite rock album or comic...
Aug 16, 2021 | Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health
Treatment and the early stages of recovery are a time when many people start to take inventory of their lives. It’s important to recognize the blessings and strengths one possesses, but it is also valuable to recognize the areas that need improvement. For many people...
Jun 10, 2021 | Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health
It is probably impossible to overstate the importance of sleep in our lives. Adequate Rest Getting adequate rest—at least seven hours of sleep each night—is a lynchpin of both our physical and our mental health. It is also essential to our cognitive functions, which...
Jul 13, 2020 | Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health
It is not uncommon for people with mental illnesses to use substances to self-medicate, or for people to manifest or exacerbate a mental illness for the first time after using alcohol or other drugs. Regardless of which condition arrived first, when a person suffers...
