by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Aug 16, 2021 | Addiction, 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...
by Rob Cline | Jun 10, 2021 | Addiction, 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...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Sep 21, 2020 | Mental Health, Recovery
September is a month which has double significance for the recovery community. It is both Suicide Prevention Month and Recovery Month. While recovery and suicide may seem unrelated, they are actually quite closely connected, so it is appropriate that they are brought...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Jul 13, 2020 | Addiction, 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...
by Rob Cline | Feb 20, 2020 | Mental Health, Recovery
Stress—that feeling of tension, anxiety, and more—is problematic for most everyone. Our jobs or schoolwork are demanding. Our families are demanding. And our days are filled with small annoyances—traffic, construction, bills, errands, lost keys, email, expired...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Nov 12, 2019 | Addiction, Mental Health
It’s no secret to people who’ve grown up in a home where parents have abused alcohol or other substances: everyone in a family affected by addiction can develop unhealthy coping strategies. People who enter relationships with an addicted person have a tendency to be...
