It would be wonderful if completing treatment meant you would never experience another craving for drugs or alcohol. Unfortunately, addiction is a chronic disease, so you probably will have cravings for months or even years after you complete treatment. For this...
Stress is an unfortunate part of life for everyone. For people in recovery, however, managing it effectively can be the difference between staying sober and having a relapse. Because relapses can be very dangerous, at Safe Harbor Recovery Center in Portsmouth,...
Often, when people think about behavioral health, they focus on the tragedies associated with addiction and mental illness. It is important that we always remember that recovery is possible. Since 1989, September has been designated as National Recovery Month, a time...
A quick way for a person in recovery to assess how well they are managing their self-care is the HALT test. If you’re hungry, angry, lonely, or tired, you’ve got an unmet need. At Safe Harbor Recovery Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, we support people in recovery, and...
People who have turned to substances to cope have often done so as a result of going through something that exceeded their ability to manage. Navigating something truly traumatic can leave us feeling broken, lost, and desperate for anything that will ease our...
You can’t keep it unless you give it away. That’s a common sentiment within the recovery community. It means that to stay sober, you have to help other people. At Safe Harbor Recovery Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, we encourage clients in our residential, partial...
