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...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Oct 21, 2019 | Addiction, Mental Health
To enter Family Treatment Court, where I was the site coordinator, applicants were required to meet with me to complete a packet of questions about the nature and chronology of their substance abuse, their treatment to date, and also their family history. These...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Sep 13, 2019 | Mental Health, Recovery
Sobriety brings about many changes in a person’s life. The vast majority of them are improvements, but many people in recovery experience one negative change: loneliness. Loneliness in sobriety is common–and a risk factor for relapse. Fortunately, there are also...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Aug 28, 2019 | Addiction, Mental Health
Rethinking Addiction For many years, it was thought that addiction was caused by drugs and moral failings. Scientific research has led to a rethinking of this philosophy, with study after study showing that addiction is far more complicated than previously explained....
